A missing couple were chased by a giant crocodile for days in remote northern Australia after their vehicle was swept away by flood waters leaving them stranded.
The couple, in their 50s, spent three days exposed to the elements in Gulf Country, northwest of Staaten River National Park in Queensland, after their all-terrain vehicle was swept away by raging floodwaters.
The pair were flown to safety on Saturday and told rescuers the beast was stalking them as they endured 40C heat with no food for days and freezing temperatures for two nights. The only drinking water they had was from the crocodile-infested river.
The couple first became stranded when they tried to cross a river with their vehicle, but it was swept away by a large wave of water.
They told rescuers they had to climb out the passenger window to escape, and the driver swam back to the vehicle to free his two dogs.
Without phones, the couple wrote two large SOS signs in the dirt and hoped someone would find them.
A couple in their 50s were rescued from a remote Queensland bushland after becoming stranded when their car became trapped in flood waters on Thursday.
The couple went three days without food, drinking only river water in 40C heat while being chased by a giant crocodile before rescuers found them thanks to their large SOS signs.
They were reported missing by a friend on Saturday after they failed to reach Kowanyama, on Cape York’s central west coast, after leaving Normanton on Thursday.
A LifeFlight rescue team took off from the Mount Isa base on Saturday morning and located the couple and their dogs after seeing the SOS sign.
The pilot was able to land the helicopter on the riverside road before paramedics on the Queensland Ambulance Service flight assessed the patients.
They were treated for dehydration and exposure and loaded onto the rescue helicopter, with their two dogs, and flown to Normanton Hospital for further treatment.
The couple said the only drinking water they had was from a crocodile-infested river (file image)
A LifeFlight helicopter spotted the couple and their two dogs on Saturday and rushed them to the hospital, where they are being treated for dehydration.