Alligator Eats Teen's Arm During Late-Night Swim

Tag : Needle Nose Pliers

A Florida teen has lost his arm, but not his spirit, after analligator attacked him Sunday during an early morning swim in aFlorida canal.
Kasey Edwards, 18, of Okeechobee, Fla., lost his left arm aftergrappling with the 11-foot long alligator in a canal at 2 a.m.Sunday.
"I felt something lock down and had the sensation of needle nosepliers, just a gigantic set of them, clamping down," Edwards toldFOX affiliate WFLX-TV.
Edwards admits he and his friends were drinking before he decidedto jump in the 25-foot-deep canal in Nubbin Slough in OkeechobeeCounty.
"I've heard different rumors of what was involved and there were nodrugs involved, no dare, nobody pushed me in or something," Edwardstold WFLX-TV.
When the alligator grabbed his arm, he remembered that gators spintheir prey, so he told WFLX-TV that he grabbed a buoy line anddidn't let go.
"I was just like holding on with everything I could for this gatorwas trying to pull me under," he told the station. "I'd surface,get a gasp of air and he'd just shake again and pull me under.