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Man bitten by alligator after mistaking it for dog on leash [View all]
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 Sheriff’s 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/
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