Posted on 04/25/2024 11:24:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
Will Georgitis was attacked in South Carolina on April 15 while going for a dive in the Cooper River to look for fossils.
A South Carolina diver is recovering after he miraculously survived a vicious alligator attack that left him pinned underwater.
According to the Associated Press, Will Georgitis was attacked in South Carolina on April 15 after going for a scuba dive to look for fossils.
He told The Post and Courier that after surfacing from his dive due to limited air, he spotted the alligator nearby in the Cooper River. "It made a beeline right at me," he told the outlet, explaining that he instinctively threw up his arm when the alligator lunged for his head.
With the alligator's jaw clenched onto his arm, Georgitis decided to wrap his free hand and legs around the reptile’s body but the 6 feet 2 inches diver was unable to lock his ankles together and get a firm grip.
Georgitis then tried to use his screwdriver to stab the animal's eye, however, the alligator immediately shook him and pinned him to the bottom of the 50-feet-deep river.
"I knew I was going to die right then and there," Georgitis told The Post and Courier, adding that he continued to stab the gator’s gum with the screwdriver until his scuba tank ran dry.
In desperation, he decided he would try to free himself by placing his feet on the alligator's body and pushing hard until his arm ripped off in its jaws.
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I remember 55 years ago there was so much alligator poaching that it was feared they would become extinct in the US.
Send them to Iran and China.
Rio Grande
Never had poached gator. Might be good on toast.
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