A 23-year-old man who was swimming in a pond in the town of Port Charlotte in southwestern Florida (USA) was brutally attacked by a 3.20-metre alligator. The crocodile bit him relentlessly until his right arm was torn off. “I didn’t understand what happened to me until I woke up in a hospital bed and they told me,” she said. giordano rivera the victim.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, when the man was leaving a bar next to a pond. And for reasons that are being investigated, Rivera entered the water and was immediately attacked by the alligator. “I lost an arm, not my life, it’s not the end of the world,” she said from the bed at the local hospital where she is recovering.
The reptile bit his right arm just above the elbow and nearly ended his life.
Rivera says the bar’s bathroom was full and that’s why he decided to go and urinate in the pond that was near the back of the club.
“So I ended up walking to the watering hole, I didn’t realize how big it was at the time“Something happened as I was going down there that I tripped or the ground underneath me just fell,” Rivera said. “I ended up in the water. And that’s literally the last thing I remember.”
The bar people rushed to Jordan’s aid. They pulled him out of the water and placed a tourniquet on his arm.
The next time he opened his eyes, he was in the hospital. It was then that he discovered that the alligator had eaten his arm.
Last April, another Florida man lost part of his right leg after being attacked by an alligator in a park in Brevard County on the east coast.
The attack occurred at the Titusville RV park, and due to his injuries, doctors had to amputate his right leg below the knee.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), whose website keeps Floridians and visitors informed about alligator precautions, is investigating the incident.
The FWC has warned that alligators are typically most visible and active during the spring and summer seasons.
Data released by the FWC in 2022 shows that there were 9 major and 2 minor alligator bites statewide that year and no fatal attacks.
Source: Clarin
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