A 25-year-old Florida man is recovering after being attacked by an alligator while he was searching for megalodon shark teeth in the Myakka River last weekend.
A Florida man who was attacked by an alligator while diving for shark’s teeth says he’s lucky to have survived the ordeal with only a skull fracture and staples to his head.
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Man says he ll still dive for shark teeth after alligator attack PUBLISHED 5:17 PM ET Jun. 03, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:17 PM EDT Jun. 03, 2021
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Twenty-five-year-old Jeffrey Heim says he s lucky to be alive after an alligator attack in the Myakka River.
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Jeffrey Heim injured but is doing OK after May 31 attack
He was diving for shark teeth in the Myakka River I thought I was going to die right there, he said He got me right here, said Heim as he rubbed his head that now has more than 30 staples. And then right here, I’m kinda swollen and there’s a puncture wound on the top and the bottom,” as he showed Spectrum News his right hand.