CLAW BLIMEY: Horrific Injuries Of Man Who Grappled With Wild Jaguar To Save Nephews

25-08-2023

2023

wacky and real life

Newsflash CLAW BLIMEY: Horrific Injuries Of Man Who Grappled With Wild Jaguar To Save Nephews Picture shows Erivaldo Moriman, undated. He was attacked by a jaguar on the banks of the Juruena River, in the region known as Salto do Augusto, Brazil, on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Note: Private photo (Newsflash) • Agency: Newsflash • Subject: Accidents, People, Animals, Attacks, Big cats, Real-life, Danger, Inspirational • Journalist: William McGee • Desk: Portuguese • Licence Type: Non Exclusive • Geography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotrigua%C3%A7u • Story Rating: 7 out of 10 • Illustrations Rating: 7 out of 10 (starts) These are the gruesome wounds left behind when a man grappled with a wild jaguar with his bare hands to save his teenage nephews. The astonishing wrestling match happened when Erivaldo Moriman found the big cat poised to pounce on the pair during a camping trip in Salto do Augusto, Brazil. To save them, he tried to scare the jaguar away by shouting and waving his arms. But the rainforest predator turned on him instead and closed in for the kill. Then - with astonishing bravery - he grabbed the jaguar's leg and tried to hold it down in a desperate life-or-death tussle. Grim photos taken later in hospital show Erivaldo's deep scalp wounds, where the big cat sank its fangs into his head. Local media report that he needed more than 150 stitches to his wounds after the vicious mauling on the banks of Juruena River on 13th August. Erivaldo told local media of the chilling moment he realised he was going to be attacked. He said: "She left the boys and came at me. "When she came at me, I shouted to the boys that the jaguar was going to get me. When they looked, she had already grabbed me. "I held onto her leg behind a tree trunk and kept holding on. "I foolishly tried to run, and as I tried to run, she attacked again, and that's when she got me. "She didn't just scratch me; she actually bit me on the head." Despite being terrified, Erivado fought back. He said: "It was very hard for us to witness this, to experience this, to embrace a jaguar. Nobody believes it, but it was true." After the attack, Erivado had to travel nearly two hours by boat to reach the airstrip of a private lodge. He received first aid from a doctor who had happened to be staying there before being taken to the Albert Sabin Regional Hospital in Alta Floresta more than three hours away. Despite his injuries, lucky Erivaldo was discharged the following night (14th August). (T4/ends)