A TOURIST who refused to pay for a tour guide was mauled by a fearsome Komodo dragon.

Lon Lee Alle, 50, from Singapore, ventured alone into a secluded area to watch the wild beasts gorging on goats and pigs in West Manggarai, Indonesia.

5 Tourist Lon Lee Alle writhes in agony after his leg was sliced up by the teeth of a hungry Komodo dragon Credit: stories@viralpress.uk

5 His leg was horribly injured leg in the attack Credit: stories@viralpress.uk

5 Medics work on the leg in a bid to save it Credit: stories@viralpress.uk

5 A Komodo dragon like the beast who gored Lon Lee Credit: Getty Images

He is said to have ignored warnings not to get too close to the prehistoric looking creatures and crept up on one to take pictures.

But one of the Komodo dragons - believed to have been about 8ft long - clearly thought it was dinner time and pounced.

Shocked onlookers dragged him to safety yesterday at about 8am local time.

Horrific pictures taken by a tour guide show blood pouring from the wound on Lon’s leg as he is wheeled away to receive stitches at the Komodo National Park.

Officials said Lon had wandered around the island on his own because he wanted to save money instead of paying for a tour guide.

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Captain Rama Hasan said: ''This was a pretty silly thing to do. You should be very careful near wildlife, particularly Komodo dragons.

"The man was in pain. He was lucky there were people around to help him, or it could have been much worse.''

5 The severe damage to the leg is evident Credit: stories@viralpress.uk

Komodo National Park boss Sudiyono said: "He must have been too close. A Komodo doesn’t like to be disturbed when eating.

''This is the first incident of human being bitten by a Komodo dragon in the past five years."

Lon was treated on the island before being transferred by boat to the Siloam General Hospital.

What are Komodo dragons? Komodo dragons are the world's largest lizard and have thrived in a harsh part of Indonesia for millions of years. These prehistoric creatures are related to snakes and will eat almost anything they find from deer, pigs, water buffalo. But the ever hungry lizards have also been known to devour smaller members of their own kind. Dragons can consume an astonishing 80 per cent of their body weight in a single meal. They have muscular tails, long, flat heads with a rounded snout, bowed legs and a sinister, snake like forked tongue. They possess sharp claws and shark like teeth which they use to devour their prey. They kill what they hunt using the more than 50 strains of bacteria in their saliva to poison their quarry’s blood, causing death within 24 hours.

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