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Florida man bitten by alligator after thinking it was a dog
Click On Detroit ^ | June 10, 2022 | WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Posted on 10/27/2022 6:40:00 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

NORTH PORT, Fla. – A Florida man was bitten by an alligator after apparently mistaking it for a dog in the middle of the night.

WTSP reported earlier this week that a man in Sarasota County was walking outside the Warm Mineral Spring Motel in North Port just after midnight when he saw a figure moving in the dark.

“He stated the figure appeared to look like a dog with a long leash, which is why he wasn’t hesitant to move out of the way,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson wrote in an email to WTSP.

Deputies said that’s when the alligator bit his right leg, ripping off a chunk of his muscle as he tried to escape.

(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alligator; attack; dog; escape; florida; floridaman; injury; northport
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1 posted on 10/27/2022 6:40:00 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: MtnClimber

PING!


2 posted on 10/27/2022 6:40:45 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Not quite a Darwin award winner but close.


3 posted on 10/27/2022 6:41:35 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’ve never been THAT DRUNK!........................


4 posted on 10/27/2022 6:42:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

LOL!!!


5 posted on 10/27/2022 6:43:29 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You’d think Amos Moses would know better.


6 posted on 10/27/2022 6:44:15 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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7 posted on 10/27/2022 6:45:06 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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8 posted on 10/27/2022 6:45:38 AM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Darwin Award runner up?


9 posted on 10/27/2022 6:46:47 AM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think this was posted here months ago.

That, or Florida Man strikes again...


10 posted on 10/27/2022 6:48:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Note to self:

Only approach dogs in water *AFTER* they bark.


11 posted on 10/27/2022 6:48:42 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What the hell was this clown smoking??????????


12 posted on 10/27/2022 6:49:41 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Must have been from New York


13 posted on 10/27/2022 6:49:45 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Lord, please protect me from finding my name in a news article that also includes an alligator. Amen.


14 posted on 10/27/2022 6:50:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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15 posted on 10/27/2022 6:52:28 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I almost petted a skunk one time as I fumbled for my keys at my darkened front door...in the dark, I thought it was my cat!

But when I saw the thing wobble as it walked, I realized what it was! My cat sure as hell didn’t walk like that!


16 posted on 10/27/2022 6:52:29 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“bitten by alligator after thinking it was a dog”

Stay away from alligators that think they are dogs.


17 posted on 10/27/2022 6:54:16 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
He is lucky his trailer didn't burn down too. The alligator and the burning trailer are right there on the beer can label. It is like a prophesy.


18 posted on 10/27/2022 6:55:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Howie66

Mr Magoo?


19 posted on 10/27/2022 6:59:09 AM PDT by usual suspect
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Mr. Al E. Gator don’t want to be petted.


20 posted on 10/27/2022 6:59:17 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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