'Could have been a lot worse' says paramedic who nearly lost arm to alligator
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‘Could have been a lot worse’ says paramedic who nearly lost arm to alligator
A Central Florida paramedic had his arm nearly ripped off by an alligator last summer. He talks about it with FOX 35.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - A Central Florida paramedic had his arm nearly ripped off by an alligator last summer. We first met Tavares Fire Lt. Carsten Kieffer in August following the incident.
"It was not an alligator attack. It was an alligator defending himself," he explained.
Kieffer, along with fellow paramedic Randy Matheny and randy's dad, was out hunting gators as they had done dozens of times before. It was just after 5 p.m. when they found a big one.