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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:28 pm
Florida man bitten by 7-foot alligator he mistook for dog
The victim believed the reptile was a dog on a long leash so he didn't move out of the way.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fl ... -rcna32519
A man survived an alligator attack on the Gulf Coast of Florida after he mistook the 7-foot-long reptile for a dog, authorities said Wednesday.
The confrontation unfolded at about 12:34 a.m. on Tuesday near the Warm Mineral Springs Motel in North Port, according to statement by Sarasota County Sheriff's spokesman Douglas Johnson.
The man was on pathway near the motel and "noticed a dark figure moving along the bushes" and believed it was a "dog with a long leash, which is why he wasn’t hesitant to move out of the way," according to Johnson.
"That’s when the alligator bit his right leg, holding on, and pulling on his muscle/tissue," the sheriff's statement continued. "He advised he attempted to get away at that point and felt the alligator rip a chunk of his muscle/tissue off."
A deputy happened to be nearby on another call and was able to get the man before the 49-year-old was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Venice, officials said.
A sheriff's sergeant caught the alligator and held it for a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) trapper, Johnson added.
The 7-foot-1 alligator "was removed from the property and is being transferred alive to Townsend Farms" in Labelle, FWC spokesman Adam Brown said in statement.
"The victim has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery," according to Brown.
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The victim believed the reptile was a dog on a long leash so he didn't move out of the way.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fl ... -rcna32519
A man survived an alligator attack on the Gulf Coast of Florida after he mistook the 7-foot-long reptile for a dog, authorities said Wednesday.
The confrontation unfolded at about 12:34 a.m. on Tuesday near the Warm Mineral Springs Motel in North Port, according to statement by Sarasota County Sheriff's spokesman Douglas Johnson.
The man was on pathway near the motel and "noticed a dark figure moving along the bushes" and believed it was a "dog with a long leash, which is why he wasn’t hesitant to move out of the way," according to Johnson.
"That’s when the alligator bit his right leg, holding on, and pulling on his muscle/tissue," the sheriff's statement continued. "He advised he attempted to get away at that point and felt the alligator rip a chunk of his muscle/tissue off."
A deputy happened to be nearby on another call and was able to get the man before the 49-year-old was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Venice, officials said.
A sheriff's sergeant caught the alligator and held it for a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) trapper, Johnson added.
The 7-foot-1 alligator "was removed from the property and is being transferred alive to Townsend Farms" in Labelle, FWC spokesman Adam Brown said in statement.
"The victim has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery," according to Brown.
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