A perilous party-trick backfired when a man was hospitalised after swallowing a beer bottle at a family get together. St John paramedics were called to a home in Wagaman, northern Darwin, at about 9pm on Wednesday. The 38-year-old man had reportedly chewed and swallowed the entire glass bottle 'and then went for a lie down', at which point his family called Royal Darwin Hospital, reports NT News. Paramedics were called to a home in northern Darwin after a man chewed and swallowed an entire glass bottle of beer . Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said reports of drunken and foolish behaviour are highly frustrating for police. 'People are dismayed when we can't respond to their jobs immediately, but this is why — because of all these other jobs that are coming in. 'General duties police are run off their feet by anti-social behaviour and Alice Springs is in a similar position.' There were over 500 calls made to Northern Territory police between 3pm-11pm on Wednesday, most of them domestics or drunken anti-social behaviour. The 38-year-old man had reportedly chewed and swallowed the entire glass bottle before lying down, at which point his family called Royal Darwin Hospital (pictured)
Paramedics were called to a home in northern Darwin on Wednesday night .
The 38-year-old man had chewed and swallowed an entire beer bottle .
There were 500 calls made to NT police between 3pm-11pm on Wedensday .