Posted on 02/14/2007 8:06:51 AM PST by devane617
A golfer was attacked by an alligator in New Port Richey Wednesday, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
The unidentified male golfer was reportedly bit on the foot by a seven-foot alligator at the Timber Greens Golf Course in New Port Richey.
Pasco Fire Rescue responded to the golf course at about 10 a.m. and treated the man for what authorities called minor injuries.
Obviously a terrorist attack. i.e. ali-gator. :-)
:)
Last time I checked, the proper usage was bitten on the foot. Do these editors even bother to try any more?
Bitten, bit, all I know is it must have hurt.
Actually, since it happened in the south, the correct usage should have said, "He done got bit in the foot."
More on the same story from local6.com:
Vernon Messier, 57, was wearing a diver's wet suit and standing in waist-deep water on the No. 5 hole of the Timber Greens Golf Course Wednesday morning when the alligator bit his left foot, a Pasco County sheriff's spokesman said.
Messier told deputies he gouged at the alligator's eyes and tried to pry its jaws apart while trying to free himself.
Messier refused medical treatment, and said he would drive himself to a hospital.
He suffered minor injuries to his foot, according to authorities.
Messier said he is an independent contractor who collects golf balls from the course for resale.
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