LUCKY ESCAPE Teen, 18, fights off 12ft crocodile as it tries to drag her underwater as she describes scary moment it grabbed her leg Updated: 1:25 ET, Jul 27 2021 Invalid Date, A TEEN is lucky to be alive after she fought off a 12-foot-long crocodile while swimming in Mexico. Nevada native Kiana Hummel, 18, was swimming just before midnight in the ocean near her Marriot resort in Puerto Vallerta when the attack happened. 2 Hummel was able to fight off the 12-foot-long crocodileCredit: Twitter Hummel said she and her friend decided to go a late-night swim, but as soon as they reached the water, a croc jumped out of nowhere and grabbed her right leg.