'The dingo's got him by the back of the head': Parents of baby boy almost killed by wild dogs in chilling echo of the Azaria Chamberlain case break their silence
- Parents break silence after dingo snatched their 14-month-old boy from camp
- Family had been sleeping in their caravan at camping ground on Fraser Island
- A dingo unclipped the canvas flap and tried to make off with the young boy
- The parents awoke to the cries and the father fought off the dingo to save child
The parents of a baby boy who was dragged out of their caravan by a dingo have broken their silence on the moment they almost lost their child.
The father describes the horrifying ordeal in an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, set to air on Sunday.
In a sneak-peek, he recalled the moment wild animals attacked his 14-month-old son on Fraser Island, off the Queensland Coast, on April 19.
'The dingo's got him by the back of the head and dragging him,' he said.
The parents (pictured) of a baby boy who was dragged out of their caravan by a dingo have broken their silence on the moment they almost lost their child
The family had been sleeping soundly in their caravan at the designated camping ground at Eurong, when the boy's parents were woken up to the cries of their child (pictured, the child and parent are airlifted to hospital following the attack on April 19)
The family had been sleeping soundly in their caravan at a designated camping ground at Eurong when the boy's parents were woken up to the cries of their child.
‘About a bit after 12, we woke up to a cry,' the mother said wiping away tears.
'And his cry went from being inside the camper to outside.'
At least two wild dogs are understood to have entered the camper trailer in the early hours of Friday morning.
A dingo managed to unclip the canvas flap before it grabbed onto the baby and tried to make its daring escape.
By the time the parents discovered where their child was, the 14-month-old was already metres away from the trailer.
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'The parents awoke with the toddler crying and heard the crying getting further away from the campervan,' paramedic Ben Du Toit told ABC at the time of the attack.
The father intervened and said several dingoes began to circle him in a pack as they grew more 'cocky'.
Despite the threat, he managed to fight them off and save his injured child who was covered in 'lots of blood'.
The boy suffered a fractured skull and deep lacerations to the back of his neck and head.
He was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital before he was taken to Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane.
By the time the parents discovered where their child was, the 14-month-old was already metres away from the trailer (pictured, the parent and child at the emergency helicopter following the attack)
The boy suffered a fractured skull and deep lacerations to the back of his neck and head (pictured, the parent and child are transported from Hervey Bay Hospital following the attack)
The incident is reminiscent of claims Lindy Chamberlain made in 1980 when her nine-week-old daughter Azaria disappeared on a family camping trip at Uluru, in central Australia.
Ms Chamberlain said a dingo took her baby but she was sentenced to life behind bars in 1982 after she was found guilty of murder.
She was not exonerated until a piece of Azaria's clothing was found near a dingo lair. She later received $1.3 million in compensation.
The incident is reminiscent of claims Lindy Chamberlain (left with former husband Michael) made in 1980 when her nine-week-old daughter Azaria disappeared on a family camping trip at Uluru, in central Australia
