JAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of European scuba divers swept away in strong currents scrambled onto a remote Indonesian island only to face another threat: a Komodo dragon.
A port official said Sunday the divers from Britain, France and Sweden were able to scare off the giant lizard by pelting it with rocks and pieces of wood.
He said Komodo dragons often come out when they smell something new, including humans, whom they've been known to kill.
The five divers were swept away by treacherous currents after plunging into the water from their wooden boat on Thursday afternoon. They hit shore 12 hours later, after drifting 20 miles in shark-infested waters.
The divers spent one night on Rinca island before they were rescued.
Talk about a pisser. I always thought one of the scariest movies I had ever seen was Open Water. The movie where a couple gets left out in the middle of the ocean during a diving expedition. They ended up fighting off sharks until they succumbed. This is just like that movie, but with a added twist, Komodo Dragons.
Imagine how bad that would suck, finally you get to land and a dragon comes out of the forest and tries to eat you. I guess it could have been worse, the sharks could have had laser beams attached to their heads.
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