Posted on 09/17/2025 2:19:35 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida woman taking her dog for a walk near a creek ended up punching an alligator in the face to rescue the canine from the predator's jaws.
Land O' Lakes resident Danie Wright said she and her 4-month-old shih tzu, Dax, were walking along a stagnant creek behind her house when the 5-foot gator struck.
"I turned and looked, and an alligator had him," Wright told The New York Times. "The alligator's front teeth were through the collar of my dog."
The alligator started dragging Dax into the water, leading Wright to fight back.
"I just punched him, punched and punched," she told WTSP-TV. "I punched him in the eye enough that he kind of let go, he unclamped a little, and I pulled off, but his teeth dragged down my arm."
Wright was able to flip the alligator onto its back, allowing her and Dax to flee inside the house. She recorded video of the gator lurking behind her home after the attack
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This alligator alcatraz is a bitch.
Police see a Florida blonde knee-deep in the swamp, shotgunning gators then flipping them over.
From the road, “What the h*** you doing lady?!” demands Officer Friendly.
“Well I really want but can’t afford alligator shoes, so why aren’t any of these guys wearing shoes?”
Too bad she wasn’t armed.
Sounds like a tough broad. Good for her. Looks like she don’t take no crap from anything.
Brave LITTLE lady!! “I fought an alligator and I won.”
No matter how big, if you flip a gator over and rub their belly, they go to sleep.
Also works on salties...
Was the dog ok?
Was she arrested for hurting the local wild life?
Yes. She took him out of the gator’s mouth.
She said anyone would do it. Not me.
Maybe Billy Napier is coaching the Gator.
You don’t walk your dog by a creek in gator country. Just saying.
5 foot ‘gators aren’t very intimidating.
Villain’s henchman Tee Hee in Live and Let die to James Bond:
Take a pencil and jam it in the pressure hole behind its eyes or reach in his mouth and pull his teeth out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LrbTd69iwI&t=55s
Gator: Lemme chew on that idea for a minute. Or better yet, on that guy. 🐊
This being “Florida Woman,” I expected it to read “Florida Woman Punches Dog to Rescue Her Pet Alligator.”
"flip a gator over and rub their belly, they go to sleep"
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