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| Florida Woman Survives Alligator Attack |
| 2004-04-22 |
| Associated Press. A 74-year-old woman survived an attack by a nearly 10-foot-long alligator that bit her on the leg and arm and dragged her into a lake. Jane C. Keefer was stable and in good condition at HealthPark Medical Center early Thursday, hospital officials said. Police said Keefer was attacked at about 8 p.m. Wednesday as she was gardening near the bank behind her home. Bitten first on the leg, Keefer was able to fight the alligator off, Sanibel Police Chief Bill Tomlinson said. The reptile lunged at her a second time, biting her arm and dragging her into the water, before her husband, William, was able to help her get away, said Lar Gregory, an investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Authorities captured the alligator at 10:45 p.m. behind Keefer’s home. It will be destroyed. "This is the kind of gator that will kill you," said trapper John French. One tough Florida granny there. Reminds me of an old Tom Petty single. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #11 Mucky - im bet 74 age women their furst |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-22 6:14:40 PM |
| #10 Police said Keefer was attacked at about 8 p.m. Wednesday as she was gardening near the bank behind her home. this another good example peple encroching on the animal teritory and then kill the inocent animal when it fight back! im bet the aligator living there first and now they kill it! |
| Posted by: muhamud4doo 2004-04-22 6:13:06 PM |
| #9 Zpaz - It was an Islamofacist Croc. He didn't like our support of Israel for almost 60 years. But if they euthanize him will he get 72 . . . Naah I won't go there. . . |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-22 6:05:14 PM |
| #8 Crocodiles. Why do they hate us so? |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-04-22 6:00:51 PM |
| #7 Let the gators have the Jack Daniels and we will have less gator attacks? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4464 2004-04-22 3:10:05 PM |
| #6 I haven't seen any fluffy gator's since I gave up drinking Jack Daniels. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-22 2:03:27 PM |
| #5 Tell me about it Fred. |
| Posted by: Amos Moses 2004-04-22 1:53:11 PM |
| #4 Any time you see a fluffy gator, you can assume it won't try to kill you. Other kinds you have to keep an eye on. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-04-22 1:49:10 PM |
| #3 "This is the kind of gator that will kill you," Exactly what kind of gator would not kill you given the chance? The fluffy kind? Obviously, I've seen too many Croc Hunter reruns. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-04-22 12:41:07 PM |
| #2 "This is the kind of gator that will kill you," said trapper John French. Bad choice of words. He should've said could instead of will, since the alligator wasn't successful in this case. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-22 11:47:38 AM |
| #1 This lady deserves a new purse, made from the finest alligator leather -- and for her husband, a new belt, pair of shoes, and a wallet... |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-04-22 11:17:36 AM |