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Man loses arm after being attacked by an alligator

Google Blogger is experiencing more problems. So by 2024, it will come to an end with me and this product. Blogger is supposedly being retired but it's rumor.

Anyway, I will take smaller steps to posting. I won't use too many images and limit readings to at least two minutes to five minutes.

Alligator bites man's arm off after he decided to relieve himself in Florida. 

Man grateful to be alive after he was attacked by a 10 foot long alligator in Fort Myers.

He was impatient waiting in line at a bar so he decided to urinate near a body of water.

The alligator was lurking nearby.

ABC News reports the man, Jordan Rivera, 23, was at Banditos Bar in Port Charlotte, Florida, late Saturday night. Deterred by the long line to the bathroom, Rivera told ABC affiliate WZVN that he decided to venture to a nearby pond instead.

The alligator tripped him. The animal took an invasive step to attack the victim.

"I just saw the lake, just gonna go over there and take a little pee or whatnot," he said. "Something happened where I either tripped…and ended up in the water, and that's literally the last thing I remember."

Hello.

The pond near where Rivera fell was also inhabited by a ten-foot alligator, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

Rivera does not recall the next series of events that brought him to a local hospital, but he was missing his right arm when he woke up.

FWC officials, as well as first responders from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and EMS, responded to a report early Sunday morning of a man suffering "significant injuries" after being bitten by an alligator, according to the FWC.

Rivera is still recovering in the hospital with his arm amputated, but he is looking back on the incident optimistically.

"I didn't lose my life, lost an arm," he said. "It's not the end of the world."

The animal was euthanized.

It infuriates me. Back in the slave days as well as the Jim Crow era, white extremists would kidnap Black babies, toddlers and small children. They end up tying them to ropes, smoother them with bacon grease and dangle them around a swamp in the Deep South.

Alligators, cougars and bears would see the crying child and they would maul the child and eat them. The white extremist would end up grabbing the alligator, cougar or bear when they get entangled in the rope. They would skin the animals for clothes and food.

Alligators are known in states like Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina as well as parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. They are dangerous animals.

Can we do a Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?

You can't fix stupid!

You can't change minds!

You are completely trapped in stupid.

You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.

Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated? 

I would never touch a wild animal. 

Alas, some people think that animals are timid when you're petting them. Nope.

While rare, alligator attacks do happen and many of the victims are close to the water or have pets within a sight of the reptile. If you get too close to the reptile, you are likely a victim of stupidity. On land, an alligator is fast. In the water, an alligator is deadly. 

Why do people always seem to not be aware of their surroundings when they live in Florida?

Especially when you live in a community where water is close by... I mean are they clueless or just stupid?

Once the animal gets a hold of a prey, it's rare that an animal will escape without losing a body part.

It's the unfortunate cause and effect of animals and people.

I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"

If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.

To escape an alligator in the water if possible, punch its eyes or put something in its nose. Don't turn your back on an alligator. If you're on land run backwards in a zig zag position. An alligator does not want to waste its time trying to catch a prey that moves too much. An alligator can travel up to 20 mph on land and is very fast and silent in the water. 

When you are near ponds or bodies of water keep pets and small children away.

I will say this as a reminder. Back in the slavery days, white extremists would kidnap Black babies and string them to trees. They leave them crying in the swamps for alligators and bears to attack them. They would use Black babies as bait for alligators and bears.