Lee De Paauw, an 18 year-old from Australia, nearly died to impress a girl he just met. He was a hostel over the weekend and met a backpacker named Sophie Paterson. To win her love, he decided to jump into a lake filled with crocodiles. It should be noted that these crocodiles can grow up to 23 feet long. So nbd.

 

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De Paauw was trying to convince Paterson that cros won’t touch locals and only bite tourist. And wow was he wrong. De Paau was immediately attacked by a nearby croc and repeatedly punched the croc in the nose and eye. He managed to escape but not without severe injuries to his left arm.

 

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But, we want to know if his date was impressed! Bad news all you hopeless romantics, Paterson was not impressed. She told CBSNews; “you know, risking your life, there’s nothing funny about that, so, no I’m not impressed by it, that would be an odd word to use, you know. I think he’s very brave to be, you know, in such high spirits after what happened, but no, not impressed by somebody risking their life, you know, in such a way.”

 

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Ahh the things we do for love.

 

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