Tipsy Australian goose hunter fights off croc by poking it in the eye

He then went for a beer while he waited for the ambulance.

This might be the most Australian story ever.

Stephen Moreen - originally from the Tiwi Islands - was goose-hunting in the remote community of Peppimenarti in the Northern Territory when he was atracked by a crocodile.

He had waded into the water to collect the geese he had shot when the two-metre croc lunged at him, grabbing his arm and dragged him underwater.

File photo of crocodile

The 20-year-old poked the croc in the eye - quick reflexes for someone who later admitted he had been "a little tipsy".

He told Australia's ABC:

"[The croc did] the death roll. Lucky for me when [he] went underwater I saw him and poked his eye. He let go. Once he let go he ran for the bank.

"My cousin-brother shot him."

Cousin brother is a colloquial term used by Australian Aboriginals and refers to the sons of your father's brother.

Stephen Moreen. Pic via Facebook.

Stephen was then given first-aid and taken to an outstation where he had a few beers to numb the pain while he waited for the ambulance.

He said the beer helped numb the pain.

"I wasn't too worried until I saw the scars," Stephen said.

"It made me cry. I'm fine, I'm alive. It could have been bad. It could have got my leg. I was about waist deep.

"I have a scratch on my back, the rest on my arm. He ripped out a bit of skin and left me with two to three holes."