Police officers in Daytona Beach in Florida responded to a house on Saturday evening after being notified about an alligator assault.
Police say the resident opened his entrance door after listening to a noise that he thought was somebody in search of his son.
After opening the door, the gator lunged at and bit the person’s higher thigh.
“Went outside and didn’t turn the light on and just got a step outside and something grabbed me on the leg, started shaking violently,” Scott Hollingsworth, the person who was bitten, stated.
He thought it was a canine. It was an alligator.
“Six feet or seven feet (1.8 metres to 2.1 metres),” Hollingsworth stated.
“I really didn’t get a good look at it.
“When I noticed what it was, I stepped again in the home and closed the door.
“Looked down and I had a large gash in the side of my leg. I was trying to put pressure on it.”
The Hollingsworth household says they had been later advised by wildlife officers the alligator was nearer to 9 ft (2.7 metres).
They stated they’ve seen alligators within the pond behind their home earlier than however by no means on their entrance step.
Florida Fish and Wildlife was known as out and the alligator chargeable for biting Hollingsworth was euthanised by a trapper, in accordance with Daytona Beach police.
Hollingsworth was taken to the hospital, the place he needed to get surgical procedure on his leg.
“Fortunately, there’s no damage to my knee, which I was concerned about,” Hollingsworth stated.
“Everything’s going well.”
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Hollingsworth did have plans to take pleasure in Daytona Bike Week.
He might have to attend till subsequent yr.
“Probably won’t be biking anytime soon. Absolutely,” Hollingsworth stated.
Source: www.9news.com.au
