“I thought it was a propeller, it hit me so hard,” 25-year-old Tampa resident Jeffrey Heim said. 'I realized I was inside it's mouth and if the alligator hadn't decided to let me go on its own, there was nothing I could have done to fight it.'
people to take increased caution over the next couple of months as alligator mating season began in May and continues through the summer.
Both his doctors and Heim agreed that his ability to come out on the other side of this attack alive and without more severe injuries is a miracle.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Alligator bites man's skull, pulls him down in Florida river: 'Like a propeller to the head'Jeffrey Heim, 25, required 34 staples to close the head wound he suffered while diving in the Myakka River on May 30.
Read more »
Florida man pleads guilty in Capitol riot caseA Florida man who was photographed carrying a large red 'Trump 2020' flag inside the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
Read more »
Florida man claims 'stand your ground' defense in iguana killingA judge has rejected the “stand your ground” defense of a Florida man who said he beat an iguana to death only after it attacked him, biting him on the arm.
Read more »
Texas man who used Grindr to target gay men pleads guilty to hate crime chargesTexas man who attacked and robbed gay men after luring them to a residence using the dating app Grindr has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes charges, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Read more »
Capitol rioter case believed to be first dropped by the DOJChristopher M. Kelly's case dismissal was announced Wednesday, coinciding with a guilty plea by a Florida man who carried a Trump 2020 flag into the Capitol during the January 6 riot.
Read more »