Current Events > Man has hand bitten off by an enormous 9 foot aligator on a golf course.

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A Florida man had his hand bitten off by a massive alligator while he was fishing in a golf course pond.

The unidentified man was attacked by the monstrous gator on Sunday afternoon at a pond in Pennbrooke Fairways, a golf course and residential community in the Leesburg, about an hour outside of Orlando.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimated that the gator was approximately nine-feet long. Ron Priest, a resident in the area, told FOX 35 that the bizarre incident took place in his backyard as his wife frantically called 911.

'While the guy was on the ground, the gator got the guy in the hand, and the two rolled,' Priest said.

He reportedly saw the fisherman reeling in a fish just before the gator pounced on him and snatched his hand off. Priest's wife was one of two worried neighbors who called the police to report the brutal attack.

Lake County Fire Rescue released those calls as Priest's wife is heard saying: 'There is a gator attacking a man in my backyard!'

'Yes, ma'am,' the dispatcher responds.

She says: 'Some people now have stopped in their gold carts!'

In the second call, a dispatcher answers the call and says: 'Is this regarding the gator attack?'

The worried caller then says: 'Hand is gone!'

Priest said that he thinks the gator was after the large fish that the man captured, but doesn't know if he was 'trying to unhook' it in the chaotic moment. He saw the gator attack the man and scurry back into the water just before emergency personnel arrived at the scene.

The victim was airlifted to a hospital in downtown Orlando and his condition is unclear.

Priest said that officials told him that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 'can't dispose of a human part.'

He said that the man's hand was sent to a medical facility in Orlando in case it can be re-attached to his body.

The reptile was shot after officials deemed it to be a 'nuisance gator'- an alligator that measures longer than four-feet or 'poses a threat to people, pets or property,' according to the agency's website.

Full Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13188917/florida-man-hand-bitten-aligator-fishing.html

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Jesus.

I thought Carl Weathers was dead

Did he tear one of that bastard's eyes out?

I think that competing with alligators for the fish in their territory is probably not a good idea.

the bizarre incident took place in his backyard

His backyard is a golf course? At least he can afford a robotic hand. Those houses along golf courses are usually huge.

Chubbs!

Chubbs....you took his hand

Those dern SWARMP PUPPIES

lol my parents live walking distance from that golf course

Tangentially related: the official name of the Wilhelm scream is "man getting bit by an alligator and he screams".

theAteam posted...

lol my parents live walking distance from that golf course

I'd advise that they don't go there

Unless they already are handless

https://youtu.be/lkjXcRLNZHQ?si=3A10MA6kddTbR1u3

Norm mcdonald would have had a field day with this.

lucky it was just the hand, gator that big could taken the whole arm likely. Also Im guessing the gator didnt eat the hand seeing as they recovered it and sent it in hope of re attachment

I don't know why anybody would go near open water in Florida.

The lesson I take from this is to never play golf.

You guys are reminding me that Carl Weathers passed. =(

Damb that sucks. Also that thumbnail looks like a hippo to me

Ratchetrockon posted...

Damb that sucks. Also that thumbnail looks like a hippo to me

I mean that just sums up how massive the aligator was

Chubbs? Can it truly be him?

Was he fishing for gators?

Wow, life imitating art.

Now we just need to feed it a clock so he knows when its coming back for the other one.