WTF?Maybe He was a Zombie?

A Woman has been medically evacuated from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory after a man bit off part of her ear and cheek.

The 29-year-old woman was assaulted on Peko Road in Tennant Creek shortly before 9pm (CST) yesterday, police said.

She was walking with her boyfriend through a vacant block when they were approached by another man.

Police said the offender punched the woman until she fell to the ground before biting her cheek and left ear, severing a portion of it.

He fled on foot before police arrived.

Ambulance officers took the victim to the Tennant Creek Hospital where she was assessed and then medically evacuated to Alice Springs shortly before midnight.

Investigations into the incident were continuing, police said.