DARWIN , Australia, April 3 (UPI) -- An Australian woman who was attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory's Litchfield National Park credits her husband's quick actions for her survival.
Wendy Petherick said the reptile clamped its jaws down on her leg while she was in waist-deep water and attempted to pull her under, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday.
Petherick said she tried to pry the crocodile's jaws apart to free her leg.
"For a croc that size, a two-meter (6.5 foot) croc, and being a little person I had to fight back," she said. "He would have dragged me, death rolled me and killed me. He just grabbed me by the leg, if he would have grabbed me up towards my stomach, I reckon I would have been dead."
She said the croc gave up on trying to make her into a snack after her husband, Norm Moreen, jumped on the beast and attacked its eyes. Petherick said she likely would have died without the rescue.
"There's no time for fears you see, when you want to save someone, especially the one you love," Moreen said.
Petherick suffered five puncture wounds and doctors said she will likely be hospitalized for at least two more days while they monitor her for infection.
