Ouch that really sucks.
I remember blowing my front drive shaft in mud half way up my doors on my Chevy; I was lost on some trail by my house. A few minutes before that I went up a huge hill and when I got to the top I was about 10 feet from someone's house lol - it was only like 1 A.M.
After hearing all the clanking I popped it back into 2WD and the sound went away. My buddy told me I was never going to make it out but the old girl did