A Florida man who mistook an alligator for a canine on a leash is predicted to make a full restoration after being badly bitten by the 7ft-long reptile.
Authorities within the state stated the encounter started within the early hours of the morning after a person close to a motel in North Port noticed what he thought was a canine within the bushes.
The person “seen a darkish determine transferring alongside the bushes” and believed it was a “canine with a protracted leash”, stated Sarasota county sheriff’s spokesman Douglas Johnson in an announcement reported by NBC Information.
However the man was shortly disabused of his perception that the creature was a canine when it bit him on his leg. “He tried to get away at that time and felt the alligator rip a piece of his muscle/tissue off,” Johnson stated.
The person was taken to a hospital the place he was handled for his wounds, and the alligator was captured and brought to an area farm.
“The sufferer has been launched from the hospital and is predicted to make a full restoration,” police added.
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