Florida Man Loses Arm to Alligator In Attack Outside Bar

Alligator Attack Florida Man Loses Arm To Gator ... Bitten Outside Bar!!!

5/22/2023 4:32 PM PT

A man successful Florida mislaid an limb aft being attacked by an alligator extracurricular a section watering hole.

The victim, a 23-year-old man, was attacked early Sunday greeting astatine a pond down Banditos Bar successful Port Charlotte, FL ... according to nan Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

It sounds nan for illustration nan incident could person been a batch worse ... because a barroom patron told section news outlet The Daily Sun he heard a man screaming successful nan acheronian and rushed extracurricular to look for him adjacent nan pond area, helping him to safety.

The Good Samaritan, section resident Manny Hidalgo, told nan outlet ... "He was yelling and swimming toward nan shoreline. I ran and dragged him up onto nan sand. I was frightened to get adjacent to nan h2o because it was acheronian out."

Florida officials opportunity nan unfortunate suffered "significant injuries" successful nan onslaught ... and nan Associated Press reports nan man was airlifted to a infirmary successful Fort Myers, wherever his limb was amputated.

Wildlife officials opportunity a nuisance alligator trapper was called and removed nan 10.5-foot gator from nan spot .. nan gator was past "humanely killed."

Gators are known to onslaught successful nan sunshine state, wherever they are a dime a dozen. As we reported, an alligator astatine a status organization successful Fort Pierce killed an 85-year-old woman successful February arsenic she was stepping her canine by nan water's edge.

A toddler was besides killed nether akin circumstances successful 2016 astatine Disney World.