Crocodile saves man from killer tsunami

[World News]: London, Jan 12 : A Sri Lankan pensioner, Upali Gunasekera, has revealed that he was saved from the killer tsunami waves by a crocodile. Gunasekera said that the crocodile was one, which regularly visited the garden of his house in Matara, Sri Lanka.

He was taking a stroll in the garden overlooking a river and the sea, when the tsunami struck washing him away in the high tidal waves. According to Ananova, Gunasekera clutched a floating stool with one hand and a chair with the other, and managed to stay afloat until a wave knocked them from his grip.

That was when he saw what he thought was a log moving towards him and clung on to it, but soon realized that he was holding on to the crocodile.
Gunasekera had begun to give up the hope of surviving the disaster, but felt the 'friendly crocodile' nudge his belly and push him to the safety of the river bank. (ANI)

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A few postings ago we mentioned about our friends who happened to be in Sri Lanka at the time of the tsunami incident. Fortunately, they were not injured though they were critically close to the affected area. The story above is a true story of our friend's relative.