Florida Man Wrestles Alligator Attacking His 8-Month-Old Puppy
On 5/13/21 at 11:38 AM EDT
A Florida man recently went to extreme lengths to protect his eight-month-old pup.
This past Tuesday, WFTS Tampa Bay reports, Mike McCoy was walking his chocolate lab, Jake, near a pond in the Tampa suburb of Holiday, Florida. However, the pleasant stroll took a dark turn when an alligator reportedly appeared from the water and took Jake down with it.
"He was in the death roll with that old gator," recounted McCoy.
McCoy didn't hesitate to intervene and jumped right in to save his companion.
"I previously read up on my environment and gators. I got around, thumbed him the eye, picked him out of the water so he couldn't get anywhere until he let the dog go," McCoy told WFTS. "And in the interim he decided, I don't have him, I'll bite you."