A terrified four-year-old boy was attacked by a 15ft scrub python that tried to drag him away in his backyard.Clifford Thompson was rushed to hospital with nasty bite wounds after the savage attack last week.His dad Evan had just moved into his new house at Airlie Beach in north Queensland and was hosting a housewarming when the beast struck.'We had a few other families over and there were about six kids in the pool that I was keeping an eye on,' Mr Thompson told Daily Mail Australia. +8 img id="i-e24228151244468a" src=" height="473" width="634" alt="Clifford Thompson in Mackay Hospital after being attacked by the 15 foot scrub python" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-1cf72d14950fb17a" src=" height="357" width="634" alt="Mr Thompson said his mate hit the snake with a sledgehammer after it kept going after his son" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message 'Then I heard scream from behind me on the deck and I turned around to see this massive python latched onto my son's leg'. His son, Clifford Thomspon, was holding onto a railing for his life as the snake tried to drag him off the deck. 'If I wasn't there this snake would have killed him.' Mr Thompson said he rushed over and instinctively punched the snake in the head and it let go of his boy. +8 img id="i-ebc1ef02fc5abe5b" src=" height="845" width="634" alt="The scrub python that tried to drag Mr Thompson's son of the deck in his backyard on Thursday" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-9b942714388db486" src=" height="845" width="634" alt="The injuries the young boy sustained from the snake attack in Airlie Beach on Thursday evening" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-a64bc02fa8999fc0" src=" height="476" width="634" alt="Clifford was rushed to Mackay Hospital where he remained overnight (pictured with his father Evan Thompson)" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message 'Within a split second it bit him again so I grabbed it by the throat and pried its jaws open - I managed to break its jaw.' He said when the snake still tried to go after his son he grabbed it by the tail and yelled for someone to get weapon. 'My mate and my wife went to the toolshed and found a sledgehammer and my mate hit it'. Share this article Share 'If it had let go of my son when I first punched it I might have le
Boy, 4, is attacked by 15ft scrub python which tried to drag him away
A terrified four-year-old boy was attacked by a 15ft scrub python that tried to drag him away in his backyard.Clifford Thompson was rushed to hospital with nasty bite wounds after the savage attack last week.His dad Evan had just moved into his new house at Airlie Beach in north Queensland and was hosting a housewarming when the beast struck.'We had a few other families over and there were about six kids in the pool that I was keeping an eye on,' Mr Thompson told Daily Mail Australia. +8 img id="i-e24228151244468a" src=" height="473" width="634" alt="Clifford Thompson in Mackay Hospital after being attacked by the 15 foot scrub python" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-1cf72d14950fb17a" src=" height="357" width="634" alt="Mr Thompson said his mate hit the snake with a sledgehammer after it kept going after his son" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message 'Then I heard scream from behind me on the deck and I turned around to see this massive python latched onto my son's leg'. His son, Clifford Thomspon, was holding onto a railing for his life as the snake tried to drag him off the deck. 'If I wasn't there this snake would have killed him.' Mr Thompson said he rushed over and instinctively punched the snake in the head and it let go of his boy. +8 img id="i-ebc1ef02fc5abe5b" src=" height="845" width="634" alt="The scrub python that tried to drag Mr Thompson's son of the deck in his backyard on Thursday" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-9b942714388db486" src=" height="845" width="634" alt="The injuries the young boy sustained from the snake attack in Airlie Beach on Thursday evening" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message +8 img id="i-a64bc02fa8999fc0" src=" height="476" width="634" alt="Clifford was rushed to Mackay Hospital where he remained overnight (pictured with his father Evan Thompson)" class="blkBorder img-share" / Copy link to paste in your message 'Within a split second it bit him again so I grabbed it by the throat and pried its jaws open - I managed to break its jaw.' He said when the snake still tried to go after his son he grabbed it by the tail and yelled for someone to get weapon. 'My mate and my wife went to the toolshed and found a sledgehammer and my mate hit it'. Share this article Share 'If it had let go of my son when I first punched it I might have le
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