After diving into a river to flee a rampaging elephant in Africa, the guy was viciously attacked by a crocodile and lost an arm and a leg.
Last week, Winders Sianene, 34, was traveling to a fishing location in the settlement of Mlibizi in western Zimbabwe when he came upon the first of the two creatures.
According to stories from the area, Sianene saw that the only way he could avoid being crushed to death by the elephant’s weight was to dive into the river.
He hurriedly dived into the water and made an effort to swim away from the enormous beast. But he soon encountered another dangerous adversary.
He reportedly felt a quick, severe pain in his thigh while he was putting space between himself and the elephant, according to accounts.
Sianene recalled the incident and stated that while he struggled to free himself from the crocodile’s jaws, the reptile bit at his hand and arm.
Despite his awful circumstances, the 34-year-old persisted. He claimed to have made the crocodile gag by pressing his palm all the way down to its tongue.
He then started shouting for assistance, and the neighbors heard him. People were able to save him, forcing the crocodile to swim away after being forced to pry open its jaws.
Fanikiso Mkombwe, Sianene’s brother, said that after the incident, his brother was transported to the hospital and, while his life was spared, both of his arms and legs were severed.
Mkombwe said to Zimbabwe news source Sunday News that “Winders was on his way to Mlibizi River when he observed an elephant coming at him.”
Then, in an effort to get away from the elephant, he made the decision to flee and leap into the river. Unfortunately, a crocodile bit him as he was doing it.
He intended to fish in the Mlibizi River. Since then, he has been hospitalized to the Mpilo Hospital while having his arm and leg amputated,’ Mkombwe said.
After his incident, Winders admitted to having a quick, intense pain in his left leg after getting into the water to the local media.
According to him, the crocodile attempted to take off his left hand as he turned around and noticed it.
He explained to the local media how he managed to escape the large reptile, saying, “I got atop the crocodile and securely grabbed its head while l slid my right palm into its wide jaws.”
I made careful to maintain my grasp since I knew I had to survive at all costs.
Because their tongues are so little, crocodiles do not want anything to contact them because it causes pain.
As soon as I put my hand into the crocodile’s jaws, it began to calm down.
Winders said how someone who had heard the reptile’s screams had entered the river and cut it open with a plank. He told the local media, “I felt really intense agony, but I focused on staying alive.”
People seldom survive when they encounter these two beasts, thus I now think God operates in strange ways.
According to Tinashe Farawo, spokeswoman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, “It is a tragic event that a Binga villager was left crippled after being attacked by a crocodile.”
“We are advising people to avoid water features and exercise care around them.”
These bodies of water may be home to crocodiles, thus people should avoid fishing there.
Obert Dube, a Zimbabwean praise poet, gave Winders a wheelchair after learning of his struggle.