Drunk tourist leaps off boat to wrestle croc

Monday, 14 March 2011 02:00

A DRUNK physical education teacher jumped off a boat in Lake Kariba to wrestle a 1,2 metre-long crocodile for a dare.
The 21-year-old Zimbabwean-born teacher, Scott Brand who teaches at the £9 630-a-term exclusive school at Cumnor House School in Haywards Heath in West Sussex, was holidaying in Zimbabwe with frie-nds in January when, after downing one-too-many, they went looking for crocodiles to wrestle in Lake Kariba.
In no time they saw the huge reptile in the water and Scott, who also plays as an openside flanker for Uckfield Rugby Club in East Sussex, jumped off the boat and tried to grab the reptile around the neck.
‘‘Unfortunately, I had also been sampling Africa's finest lager all afternoon, making our plans to wrestle with one of the water's most dangerous predators all the more tricky. ‘I saw a four-foot long croc and just jumped in and grabbed it.
‘‘It went nuts and was really going for me and it eventually got a hold of my left arm and bit down,'' Brand, who admitted he had had a few drinks before deciding to tackle the crocodile, said.
He added: ‘‘It was bloody sore, but I got back on land and just poured some vodka over it and bandaged it up.''
Mr Brand admitted that he and his pals "weren't too concerned", adding: ‘‘We were in the middle of a lake, right in the middle of nowhere.
‘‘We were four days away from civilisation, but to be honest it only took a few seconds before I got another beer down me and we stayed for another six days.''
When he got back to the UK, however, his left arm had swollen up and become infected and he was rushed to hospital for treatment. He phoned his headmaster to tell him that he couldn't make it into school because he had been bitten by a crocodile.
Doctors at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead operated on the wound after discovering that blood poisoning was setting in and stitched the wound up.
He said school staff and pupils were "amazed" when he told them why he needed a few days off sick, adding: "Everyone at school, the headmaster, kids and other teachers, were shocked and couldn't believe I had been bitten by a crocodile.
"I was off school for a few days and missed three rugby matches. Everyone is calling me croc bait or Mick Dundee now." - Daily Mail- HR.

The Good Lord truly does protect drunkards and fools.

Obviously not a Cajun or the croc would have been dinner......

Don't kid yourself, Rugby players are a tough lot and they can consume lots of local ale as well.

Larry Sellers
SCI Life Member

I know a former Rugby player that thinks it's fun to slap female buffalo on the butt!!!! I will refrain from mentioning his name openly butt Luan knows him too

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Originally posted by ddrhook:
I know a former Rugby player that thinks it's fun to slap female buffalo on the butt!!!! I will refrain from mentioning his name openly butt Luan knows him too

As far as we know thats all he does to their butt.

Huge --1.2meter??

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Originally posted by SGraves155:
Huge --1.2meter??

In Louisiana we call that ... Bait.

i have pulled bigger alligators out of the pool by the tail in my parents back yard in south Ga. and hauled them down to the lake shore for release.

Release? Sheeit, that is perfectly good lunch!

[QUOTE]The 21-year-old Zimbabwean-born teacher, Scott Brand who teaches at the £9 630-a-term exclusive school at Cumnor House School in Haywards Heath in West Sussex,



And parents pay a bonus to have this genius teach their kids?????

Somehow I would bet there were more than just a few Zambezis and vodkas drank. A lot of things can seem like a good idea when totally pissed. It is only later when sober that rational thought prevails (usualy) and they realize how stupid the idea was. As far as teaching the kids I assume the guy isnt totally a wanker or intoxicated while at school. I guess I am going out on a limb giving him the benefit of the doubt. Then again is there much doubt about his choices t this point?

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Originally posted by jdollar:
i have pulled bigger alligators out of the pool by the tail in my parents back yard in south Ga. and hauled them down to the lake shore for release.

This was a Croc not a Alligator.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:
Obviously not a Cajun or the croc would have been dinner......

1.2 meters = 3.7 feet.

I had to catch one longer than this a while back.

We had rabbits, and they dug underneath the croc fence.

Two crocs got out, and one actually walked out of our house, went about 300 yards to the next fence which by a police college.

We were able to track him. He was lying under a small bush.

I had a helper, who I asked to grab the croc's tail, while I get the head.

The bloody nitwit let go of the tail, and I ended up fighting the croc by stradling him.

His tail cut a big gash in my thigh, but that was all.

No one would get near me, so I had to carry the croc back home by myself!

4 foot croc! what a pussy. You would think he has real balls and jump on a 14 footer.

Not only does he play rugby...he's a forward (Flanker). Forwards are not known for their brains. You'd never get one of us backs doing that.

even small reptiles can be dangerous. Last fall I was chasing a 2 ft alligator on the golf course when I almost had it I tripped over a sprinkler head and injured my knee.

As the old saying goes " If you are going to be stupid - you have to be tough"

Sounds like he qualifies on both counts

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Originally posted by ozhunter:

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Originally posted by jdollar:
i have pulled bigger alligators out of the pool by the tail in my parents back yard in south Ga. and hauled them down to the lake shore for release.

This was a Croc not a Alligator.

so??? at 1.2 meters, who cares?? just another ingredient in a good jumbalaya- throw in some shrimp, sausage, and chicken, spoon over dirty rice and that sucker would have been dinner.

Now there is my kind of thinking. Like I said lunch!

His last words before he jumped on the croc was,"Here, hold my beer and watch this....."

Mike Brooks

That words sound very familiar
I think some of his old buddies from zim will call him a sissy.How da hell do you get bitten by a croc that small will the old guys say.

Luan

As a former Prop and Eigth Man on high school team, we were taught nothing about wrestling crocks, although we did consume our share of Guiness.

This particular sport rates up there with jumping of bridges in my view.

You guys do know why beer was invented don't you?...To stop rugby players from taking over the world.

I'm still waiting to hear from AUBS458 on this one.



SSR

I played prop and lock. That croc would not have stood a chance against me. He would be the one with the nasty bite wound!

Unless you've been on the bottom of a collapsed scrum a time or two you probably didn't realize how much biting goes on down there.

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Originally posted by Cross L:
I'm still waiting to hear from AUBS458 on this one.



SSR

He is trying to fix a broken-down landy.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

"Ballsy, but stupid." - True Lies, the Movie

Now that was a fun article.

This gentleman is a modern example of the type of person, who sailed little boats around the world, and ruled the waves for so long, Britannia.

Where are they now?

Sincerely,

Chris Bemis

Famous last words---"Watch this!"

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Obviously not a Cajun or the croc would have been dinner......

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Don't kid yourself, Rugby players are a tough lot and they can consume lots of local ale as well.

Cajuns are just better at killin things!

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Originally posted by daleW:
4 foot croc! what a pussy. You would think he has real balls and jump on a 14 footer.

Aubs is very busy he's in the bush which means he's fixing a landy while trying to entertain clients at the same time!!!! .