An elderly man used his bare hands to pry open the jaws of an alligator that suddenly clamped onto his puppy in Florida, USA.
Richard Wilbanks and his 3-month-old puppy, Gunner, were walking near his backyard pond at the end of October when the reptile attacked. After latching onto the dog, the alligator quickly dragged it back underwater, as per the Fort Myers News-Press on Nov. 21.
Wilbanks then jumped into the pond and forced the alligator’s mouth open as Gunner yelped. Once the alligator loosened its bite, Gunner quickly ran off to dry land.
“[The alligator] just came out like a missile,” Wilbanks told CBS-affiliate WINK.
The heroic act was recorded on a camera that was set up …
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