Tourist stuck in Cage of Death for half an hour hanging over huge crocodiles

That moment you're left dangling over a hungry saltwater crocodile for half an hour... Dutch tourist Cynthia Spaan must have been wondering what she'd got herself into when the Cage of Death attraction became stuck.

The cage is a popular tourist attraction at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, and sees mad brave tourists climbing in for a close-up encounter with the huge saltwater crocodiles there.

According to ABC News, Cythia said she started "freaking out" after about five minutes.

She said: "In the beginning I thought it was really funny because I really wanted to do the cage dive so it was kind of okay.

"But after five minutes I started a little bit freaking out, because I'm a little bit claustrophobic."

Steven Schubert, from ABC News, was on hand to live-tweet her ordeal, and said she was left hanging over a large crocodiles named after Prince William.

He reported that Cynthia emerged safe from the cage, if a little "shaken".

The New Daily reports that staff tried to keep Cynthia calm throughout the experience by giving her chocolate.

In the end, staff used a drill to take off the top of the cage after it got stuck, and Cynthia was protected by staff to make sure she didn't fall in as she got out.

The park's manager Chase Johnson said the cage passed over three crocodile pens, and that Cynthia had definitely got her money's worth.

He added: "They were just waiting to see if there was something new coming to visit them in the pen."

Billed as "Australia's only crocodile dive experience", the Crocosaurus Cove website says of the Cage of Death: "Thousands of people have been thrilled and terrified by sharing the very environment of a 5m + crocodile, while the unique activity has featured in media publications around the world.

"Every dive includes 15 minutes in the enclosure with one of these massive reptiles. Regular feeding by our crocodile handlers when people are inside the cage encourages more movement from the crocodiles and ensures an up close and personal, face to face encounter that must be seen to be believed!

"Operated by an over-head monorail and designed for 1 or 2 people per cage, the Cage of Death has you suspended above the crocs before being lowered into the pen to get an up close and personal look at these amazing reptiles."

Would YOU dare?

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