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Alligator Bites Boy's Head, Drags Him Underwater

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http://www.local6.com/news/3325319/detail.html

DELTONA, Fla. -- A 12-year-old boy fought off a 7-foot alligator that clamped down on his head and dragged him underwater, according to Local 6 News.

Malcolm Locke was swimming in Lake Diana Wednesday when he noticed an alligator swimming toward him.

The boy tried to swim back to shore but the alligator attacked his head and pulled him underwater, said Joy Hill, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Locke said the alligator clamped down and wrapped its tail around the boy's stomach before pulling him down.

"I thought I was going to get swallowed up," Locke told Local 6 News.

Locke fought the alligator off by punching it and swam to shore.

A neighbor drove the boy to Florida Hospital in Orange City where he was being treated for cuts and lacerations. The alligator bit off a chunk of his ear but Locke's injuries were not life-threatening.

A trapper was sent to the lake to remove the alligator.

The best thing to do during an alligator attack is struggle, make noise and create confusion, Hill said.

"Malcolm did the right thing," Hill said. "He fought the alligator and it let him go."
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wasn't a 7 foot alligator. he was on the Today show for NBC and it was a 4 footer. A 7 foot would demolish that boy.

come on i sleep with 4 foot alligators.
 
Originally posted by: IHYLN
wasn't a 7 foot alligator. he was on the Today show for NBC and it was a 4 footer. A 7 foot would demolish that boy.

come on i sleep with 4 foot alligators.
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you really need a girlfriend
 
Originally posted by: Maverick
Originally posted by: IHYLN
wasn't a 7 foot alligator. he was on the Today show for NBC and it was a 4 footer. A 7 foot would demolish that boy.

come on i sleep with 4 foot alligators.
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you really need a girlfriend
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too late im getting married
 
Originally posted by: IHYLN
Originally posted by: Maverick
Originally posted by: IHYLN
wasn't a 7 foot alligator. he was on the Today show for NBC and it was a 4 footer. A 7 foot would demolish that boy.

come on i sleep with 4 foot alligators.
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you really need a girlfriend
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too late im getting married
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is that the voice inside my head or I just heard,
"OWNAGHE!!!!"


hahaha 🙂
 
Can you imagine show and tell at school after that?
What'd you do Jimmy? I went fishing with my Dad. We caught a bass.
And, what'd you do Malcolm? "Well, an alligator grabbed my head and dragged me underwater, but from watching crocodile hunter, I had a pretty good idea how to wrestle it. I won."
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Can you imagine show and tell at school after that?
What'd you do Jimmy? I went fishing with my Dad. We caught a bass.
And, what'd you do Malcolm? "Well, an alligator grabbed my head and dragged me underwater, but from watching crocodile hunter, I had a pretty good idea how to wrestle it. I won."
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and tomorrow I will try to beat up that python that kept on stealing mah chickens.
 
Even if it was a four foot gator, Im sure it could still do some damage. Four feet, the boys probably not more than a foot larger than that thing. Props to him!
 
Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
That's awesome! Imagine the stories he can tell at school!
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imagine what kind of humiliation this particular alligator will get in alligators' ATOT 😀
 
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