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Related: About this forumMan bitten by alligator after mistaking it for dog on leash
A Florida man was bitten by an alligator he thought was a dog while outside of a motel Tuesday morning, reports say.
The man was walking outside at Warm Mineral Springs Motel in North Port when he saw a dark figure moving along the bushes, the Sarasota County Sheriffs Office told WFLA.
He thought it was a dog on a long leash and didn't move out the way, then the alligator bit his leg and ripped out a piece of his muscle tissue.
According to WWSB, the man found a deputy responding to a nearby call who called emergency personnel to take the man to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. .........(more)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/06/09/florida-man-alligator-bite/7565125001/
LakeArenal
(29,906 posts)COL Mustard
(7,104 posts)1. DeSatan
2. Flori-duh Man
3. Alligators
LakeArenal
(29,906 posts)After many years they moved back to Wisconsin. severe winters and all.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)NY had fewer coral snakes, oleanders, alligators, mosquitoes, and native Tampons to deal with.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)I have lived here for 70 years. I have spent a lot of time on the water I have seen a gazillion alligators. (by count) I never mistook an alligator for a dog, even in the days that I was still drinking. Alligators and I have an understanding, I respect them and they don't bother me. A lot of people who are bitten by gators just don't understand that the gator does not want to be petted and he doesn't want to play. Gators have two tricks; they eat and they breed. The man should be happy that the gator wasn't in the breeding mode.
However, DeSatan is a different story; he is much more dangerous and there is nothing there to respect.
pamdb
(1,390 posts)I call them the armpit states. Couldn't PAY me to live in either one.