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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.
Updated: 5:57 AM EDT May 17, 2021
TAMPA, Fla.
Editor s note: The above photo is a file photo of an alligator. It is not the one mentioned in this story.
One Florida man says he didn t need to think twice when it came to rescuing his 8-month-old Labrador from the jaws of an alligator.
Mike McCoy says he was walking the chocolate lab puppy, Jake, near a pond when an alligator jumped out from the water and pulled the dog under, according to WSVN.
NBC 6 in Miami says McCoy didn t hesitate and went right in after them. It s a parent instinct, he told NBC 6.
Pinellas County deputy kicks alligator out of backyard swimming pool
Pinellas County Sheriff s Office
and last updated 2021-04-26 09:46:53-04
A sheriffâs deputy got one of those only in Florida calls over the weekend when she had to wrangle an alligator out of a backyard swimming pool.
Pinellas County Sheriffâs officials said in a Facebook post that Deputy Heather Harris âplayed lifeguardâ Saturday in St. Petersburg.
After posing for a quick selfie with the gator lurking in the pool, she âkicked this guy out.â