Good morning y'all! I was reading the news and saw this story. It isn't funny that the guy got bitten by a 9-foot gator, but what the writer says is a bit funny.
Gator Bites Diver Retrieving Golf Balls
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:20 PM EDT
The Associated Press
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A diver hired by the city to retrieve golf balls from a lake was attacked by a 9-foot alligator that bit the man's arm, authorities said.
Stephen Martinez, 43, of Coral Springs, was treated at a hospital for injuries similar to a dog bite, said Palm Beach County sheriff's Lt. Rolando Silva.
"It's serious, but certainly not life-threatening," he said.
Martinez was under murky water at The Links golf course when a group of golfers heard him yell for help, said course manager Dan Hager. (OK, if he was under murky water, how did they hear him yell for help? The writer should have written, "Martinez had been working IN murky water...)
The alligator apparently bit Martinez's air tank and tried to pull him under the water. ( I thought he was already under water.) Martinez grabbed a utility knife strapped to his dive suit and tried to stab the animal. That's when it bit his arm, Hager said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was investigating.
The alligator was trapped and will have to be euthanized, commission spokeswoman Dani Moschella said.
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