Couple rescued from crocodile-filled area in Australia after writing 'help' in mud
Photo credit: Western Australia Police Force
AUSTRALIA (FOX 35 ORLANDO) - A couple's quick-thinking may have saved their lives after getting stuck in a swamp during a fishing trip in Australia.
According to the BBC, Shantelle Johnson, her partner Colen Nulgit and their puppy, Ace, were spending time in Keep River National Park when their vehicle got stuck. The family ended up having to spend the night in their car but "said they feared the rising tide would bring in crocodiles."
Earlier that day, the couple reported seeing two or three crocodile tracks and since they were stuck right near saltwater, they knew they had to get out of there.
Fortunately, they had told their families where they were before they left and when the families weren't able to reach them, a search team was sent.
Fearing that no one would see them in the marshland, Johnson and Nulgit lit a fire and wrote the word 'HELP' in the mud, hoping search and rescue would spot it.
A search plane flying overhead saw their signals and they were rescued.