London: `X Files` star David Duchovny had once misjudged a man undergoing an anxiety attack, by trying to save him from choking.
The 49-year-old actor, while walking his dog came across a stranger who was struggling for breath and he reacted by administering a "Heimlich manoeuvre" in order to save the man`s life, a news website reported.
"I was in Vancouver shooting `X-Files` and one night I went outside to walk my dog. I see a guy in a bathrobe, and as I got closer and I could tell he was choking. So I grabbed him and did my best Heimlich manoeuvre, like I`m really yanking on his diaphragm. Finally, he calmed down and I waited with him until an ambulance came," Duchovny said.
The actor realised the true nature of his act when the man met him after an year.
"I was in a restaurant and he came up to me and said, `Remember me. You gave me the Heimlich, but I was just having an anxiety attack.` I`m thinking, `Thank God I didn`t kill him.` Anyway, he bought me a drink," Duchovny said.
PTI
