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Alligator ‘ate toes off’ of Florida man who bathed in pond, report says
Fox News ^ | July 25, 2017

Posted on 07/26/2017 5:53:08 PM PDT by SJackson

A homeless man was attacked by an alligator while he was bathing in a Florida retention pond Monday, officials said.

The 9-foot-alligator attacked the man around 10 a.m. in Port Charlotte, located south of Tampa, WFTX reported.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identified the victim as 68-year-old Fredric Iman, who is reported to be homeless. He sustained injuries to his left foot and leg, left hand, and groin.

Official said after the attack, Iman went to a nearby surgery center where an employee called 911. In a recording of the 911 call released by authorities, the employee is heard saying "it looks like his, his pants are torn. It ate his toes off."

Iman was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, where his condition has improved from serious to stable.

While some neighbors were shocked at the gator attack, one told WWSB-TV she always looked forward to seeing the gator she named "Charlie"

"I'm a little upset because the gator is probably going to be euthanized," Lisa Posten said. "People that live in Florida, they know not to go in these waters, this is where these gators live."

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To: Paleo Conservative
A Gary Larsen cartoon on this:


21 posted on 07/26/2017 6:24:24 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: dforest
Remember the good ole' days when alligators knew their place?


22 posted on 07/26/2017 6:28:24 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: TigersEye

Going in the water that early in the day - or after 4 PM in FL is bone-headed stupid. Dabbling one’s toes in the water splashing is bone headed stupid.

Gator was just culling the herd....


23 posted on 07/26/2017 6:28:25 PM PDT by piasa
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To: piasa

Go Gators!


24 posted on 07/26/2017 6:30:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SJackson

This little piggy went to market...this little piggy
stayed home.....this little piggy had.........

It’s a pork thing.


25 posted on 07/26/2017 6:32:19 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: piasa

I’m not particularly afraid of wildlife in the water or the woods or anywhere else but common sense is a good thing. It’s even good in the city.


26 posted on 07/26/2017 6:35:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (TTKTA)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

An updated cartoon might have an alligator from Cocoa Fl. lying there picking his teeth with a cane.


27 posted on 07/26/2017 6:38:58 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (Drain swamp drain.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Now, a 12 foot gator is a people eater...

But a 9 foot gator is not very big or very old.... figure half of that was tail. Inexperienced gator probably thought those toes looked like little ducklings paddling around from the perspective of its resting spot on the bottom.
And little ducklings and ducks are about the right size to interest a little ol’ gator like that, and are its usual food, unless of course the folks around there were irresponsibly feeding it hotdogs and scraps. It was probably as surprised as the guy was when it came up to grab and run with a couple of ducklings and ended up with a human foot instead, but being a dumb reptile it’s better equipped to grab than spit.

Guy was injured in the groin too, maybe the gator thought it saw a pair of fuzzy ducklings ...


28 posted on 07/26/2017 6:45:30 PM PDT by piasa
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To: shibumi


29 posted on 07/26/2017 7:00:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: SJackson

Poor gator is probably going to die of food poisoning anyway.


30 posted on 07/26/2017 7:08:17 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: SJackson

The gators nickname is Dick Morris.


31 posted on 07/26/2017 7:11:16 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: JoeProBono

That could darn near ruin your whole day.


32 posted on 07/26/2017 7:11:35 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My Daughter was swimming in Ponce de Leon springs. She was enjoying herself so much that she didn’t want to leave.

Finally I decided I would just have to make her then I saw a sign. Basically the same as the one you posted. I pointed it out to her and she was out of the water immediately.

Actually the chances of a gator in that spring is very small tho it is in fact a natural spring with a good sized creek running off from it.


33 posted on 07/26/2017 7:15:48 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: SJackson

Imán is Spanish for magnet, who’s pull this gator couldn’t resist.

Poor stupid man.


34 posted on 07/26/2017 7:25:47 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: SJackson
This story lacks one detail that other websites' versions contained: the gator relieved the homeless guy of one of his testicles, too. Hence the mention of "groin injury".

That'll leave a mark!

35 posted on 07/26/2017 7:29:52 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: JoeProBono

Big croc. Is that an actual shot?


36 posted on 07/26/2017 7:30:15 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: JoeProBono

You know about the most amazing images.

Surely this one is a fake ...


37 posted on 07/26/2017 7:33:06 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: SJackson
The poor guy was just trying to take a bath and get himself cleaned up.

Must have been the attraction to his soap-on-a-rope.


38 posted on 07/26/2017 7:50:07 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break h)
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To: JoeProBono

Damn near spit my cold adult beverage out on that one!!


39 posted on 07/26/2017 7:56:32 PM PDT by Runner4life
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To: SJackson

Thank you for another FR tale of Florida. I’m just waiting for a few more, so I can write an Elmore Leonard/Carl Hiaasen-style book.


40 posted on 07/26/2017 8:25:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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