Florida man taken to hospital after serious injury to arm in alligator attack, second attack near Lake Manatee Fish Camp within days
Merda was taken to an area hospital for treatment for a “serious injury” to his arm, the FWC said in its statement.reported. Officials on Thursday said that no alligators have been removed from the area, but the trapper continues to monitor the area.
“They usually move way before you’re close to them, they just want to get out of the way,” Jonathan McPherson, a boater at the lake, told. “If the guy was swimming somewhere where he shouldn’t have been, then I understand why that happened.” Wildlife expert Justin Matthews said that based on the severity of the injury, it was most likely a large alligator.
“A 6-footer can rip your arm off, this alligator here being that close to people, I think someone has fed him before,” Matthews told the television station. Gary Sharpe said he unloads his boat to fish regularly at the Lake Manatee Fish Camp. Sharpe told the
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