A man has been flown to hospital after being forced to free himself from the jaws of a crocodile in north Queensland.
The chaos unfolded at the waterfall gorge at Adels Grove, 300km northwest of Mt Isa, on Sunday afternoon.
The man, aged in his 40s, suffered hands and leg injuries and was flown to hospital where he is in a stable condition.
Police were told he wrestled with the freshwater crocodile before managing to escape.