By Brendan Rees
A Narre Warren man has described the moment he and his dog were “ripped apart” by a naked man in his driveway.
Andrew Wilson thought he was going to die when he was set upon by the crazed man after he had jumped a fence about 1.30pm on Friday 27 September.
“He was like an assassin, eating me,” the 41-year-old said.
“I’ve got a massive bite mark on my right bicep and it’s all bruised down my arm,” he said.
Mr Wilson said he was sitting his car with his Maltese dog about to head to McDonald’s when the random attack occurred.
“I saw him jump jumped the fence and come over like he was Jesus, he had his arms out,” he said,
The naked 19-year-old then opened his passenger side door on Linlithgow Court and “started talking about angels”.
“He was really fast … he went to pull the dog apart,” he said.
“I grabbed him and I managed to open the driver’s door and throw him out.
“He was gouging my eyes out. All I could do was wrestle with him for about 30 minutes.
“He was non-stop and he was chanting the whole time ‘I am of light, I’m of light’,” Mr Wilson said, before the man “chewed” his fingers.
“He could’ve got my car if he wanted to; the car was running in the middle of the road.”
Mr Wilson said he pleaded for his life, tooting his horn as the man continued his savage attack.
“He had bitten of my bracelet, and he bit off my watch,” he said. “I couldn’t get him off me … he had a lot of energy, 13 minutes felt like 40 minutes.
“I was praying police would come. Any second, any second, but it kept going.”
He managed to raise the alarm as police arrived and restrained the man.
“My neck is very sore, just talking hurts … my whole eye went red since it happened.”
Mr Wilson said his dog, Beau, was shaken but doing well.
“I went to the shopping centre .. and he was at the window scratching begging me not to leave him,” he said.
Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said police arrested the Berwick man, who was taken to hospital for assessment. No charges have been laid.
