Snorkeler gets head chomped by gator

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Speedofsand
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Jun 28, 2011 6:28pm
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28376597/detail.html

in Wekiva Springs State Park, glad it wasn't his 7 year old son. The man got 50 stitched and a few staples.


In Melbourne, Fl. a 110 lb. lab dog was attacked in a back yard by an 11 ft. gator. A trapper wearing flip flops killed it with a bang stick, video in link
http://www.wesh.com/news/28379284/detail.html
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vball10set
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Jun 28, 2011 6:56pm
"I felt a gator's mouth clamping down on my head. So, with all my strength, I reached up and I pried the gator's mouth off my head," said David Bostwick while resting at his home Monday evening. "It's the kind of thing you think can never happen to you."
I'll bet the ole adrenaline was pumping here--wow
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THE4RINGZ
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Jun 28, 2011 7:41pm
Shit happens??????
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Laley23
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Jun 28, 2011 10:33pm
Wow is that lucky. Gator chomp could easily smash a head into nothing if the gator had so chosen to do so. Thats a pretty badass experience to live through though!
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gut
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Jun 28, 2011 10:44pm
Probably looked like an hor'deurve on a toothpick with the snorkel.
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like_that
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Jun 28, 2011 11:02pm
Good to know just in case that gator comes to Ohio....
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Speedofsand
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Jun 28, 2011 11:55pm
like_that;816903 wrote:Good to know just in case that gator comes to Ohio....


http://www.akronohiomoms.com/life-family/there-are-alligators-in-akron-lakes/
In fact, in the past 3 years, there have been 3 alligators caught in Akron Ohio.
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thavoice
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Jun 29, 2011 10:05am
Ouch! I love to snorkel and scuba. Dont mind doing it in saltwater in the ocen where sharks can be present, but I dont think i would do it where gators would be.