A couple in Australia have been rescued from a swamp filled with crocodile after write " help " in the clay like they were in some sort of animated cartoon .

Shantelle Johnson and her spouse Colen Nulgit conk out on a   sportfishing slip in Keep River National Park in Australia ’s Northern Territory . They differentiate some booster where they were going and set out for the day , anticipate to return that even , ABC News reports .

Unfortunately , during the expedition their fomite got stuck in the clay in a crocodile - overrun swampland , ruining the day slightly .

The couple ,   from the East Kimberley town of Kununurra , essay to   get the car out of the mud but were unsuccessful .

“ We try digging and we tried putting clobber under the Tyre but it did n’t budge , ” Johnson toldNews Australia .

finally , they were forced to spend the night in their   vehicle while they wait rescue and their elevator car started to sink further into the fenland . To make things regretful , the two had seen " two or three croc data track " from crocodiles they forecast to be 5 or 6 metre ( 16 - 20 feet ) long .

Crocs in the Northern Territory of Australia can be big . This " monster " croc wascaught last yearalong the Katherine River after parry rangers and other authorisation for nearly a 10 .

" We stayed in the auto the first dark and then we saw the piddle rise , " Nulgit toldABC News . " We grabbed everything and took it about 20 , 30 meters from the car . "

The couple had n’t get much food for thought , urine , or protection from crocodiles with them , but fortunately , they had told their friends where they would be , and they alarm the authorities .

The Western Australia police force sent out a search by air and ground and was able to find the couple partly because of their melodic theme of drop a line " help " in the clay and in all likelihood partly because their vehicle   was nearby .

The couple also illume billet fires to help oneself the rescue effort find them . Police praise them for inform their Quaker about their plans beforehand . If they had n’t , they would ’ve   had to rely   on a pass plane visualize their tiny sign of the zodiac from above .