Posted on 07/15/2023 5:54:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
CNN — A 79-year-old Florida man was bitten by a nearly 7-foot-long alligator Thursday morning at a golf course in Naples, according to local authorities.
The man told deputies he was on a walk at the Forest Glen and Golf Course community, where he lives, shortly after 5:00 a.m. Thursday when an alligator came up and bit him in the leg, according to a Facebook post from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
“I’m bleeding. I don’t know how bad it is. It’s profuse,” the man told a 911 dispatcher, according to an audio recording of the call. “There’s a lot of skin ripped off I can see, probably some muscle.”
“Go figure. Out for a walk to stay healthy,” the 79-year-old joked.
A responding police officer gave the man first aid and he was flown to a local hospital via medical helicopter for treatment, according to the Facebook post.
A second responding deputy spotted the alligator leaving the scene and kept watch on the reptile, which was later trapped and removed from the golf course community. According to the sheriff’s office, the alligator is a 6 foot 9 inch female.
The office urged residents to be cautious around bodies of water and vegetation where alligators may nest, as it is currently alligator mating season.
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You can have Alaska!
I love Florida!
That’s a shame. I wouldn’t mind eating gator once, but again, the hippy dippies have likely made that illegal.
When I left Florida. You could get it at certain restaurants. Gator trappers were allowed to sell the meat. And hides from what I understood. I know about the meat.
Wow. I wouldn't have thought they could do much, with those little hands.
Don't go see The Revenant.
Had a bad rainstorm one night, went out to the truck the next morning, gator hiding in the puddle.
southern humor
Born and raised in south Florida. I went to Alaska for 2 weeks in 2019. I loved it! If I was younger I would live there, but at 60 I’m passed my prime.
Never seen anything so beautiful.
Little hands and big mouths.
Like carnival people.
I’ve spent the last 26 years in Melbourne, can’t take the heat anymore (plus the wife was born and raised in AK). At 62, I welcome the freezing temps. I’m just weird like that. I was born and raised in CT, so I’m no stranger to freezing temps, plus my first assignment was Elmendorf. It’s nice to be back.
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