This is the moment an incredibly brave man descended a 40-foot well to rescue a crocodile in southern India.<br /><br />The incident occurred at Naganur village near Belgaum on August 18. <br /><br />Goura Bai Nimbalkar, a farmer, spotted a 12-foot-long crocodile near her well on the night of August 17. <br /><br />When she checked the next morning, she realised that the reptile had fallen into the water source.<br /><br />She called local forest officials, who rushed to the spot, and tried to rescue the crocodile. <br /><br />They pumped water out of the well and tried to tie the animal with ropes. <br /><br />As the crocodile was agitated and moving constantly, it was impossible to throw a noose around it. <br /><br />A forest department official, Prabhakar Gokak, offered to go down into the well to rescue the crocodile. <br /><br />He descended in the bucket of a crane and managed to slip a rope under the crocodile, which tried to snap at him repeatedly.<br /><br />Suresh Hulikeppa, an eyewitness, said: “The rescue was risky as he was within the striking distance of the crocodile. He had to tie it up as well as maintain his precarious balance.” <br /><br />Prabhakar managed to secure the crocodile with ropes and the reptile was lifted slowly from the well with the help of a crane and released later in a nearby river.
