[NYP] An alligator attacked a homeless man as he was bathing in a Florida pond, taking his left index finger, two toes -- and a testicle, according to reports.Fredric Iman, 68, recalled Tuesday from his hospital bed how the horrifying incident went down during an interview with local ABC affiliate, WZVN.
"I tried to get it away, and it tried to pull me in," he said, describing how the 9-foot gator grabbed hold of him from behind.
"I turned around, and...punched it in the eye."
Iman told WZVN that he had been taking his usual, morning bath on Monday in a retention pond in Port Charlotte -- which is about 100 miles south of Tampa -- when the attack unfolded.
"You’re having a nice day one minute, and the next minute, you’re a bloody mess," he said.
After being bitten several times on his left foot and leg, left hand, and groin, Iman managed to escape the gator’s jaws and trek up to a nearby surgery center, where a worker called police.
"It ate his toes off," the employee said, while speaking to a 911 operator.