66 yr old man wrestles his pet from jaws of alligator.

[powderman]

    Man, 66, wrestles pet terrier from alligator Alligator dragged West Highland terrier into retention pond UPDATED 9:44 AM EDT Sep 20, 2012      Read story here View Large    Photos   Read story here THE VILLAGES, Fla. —  A 66-year-old Villages resident said he wrestled his beloved pet dog, Bounce, from the jaws of an alligator.

Steven Gustafson said last Friday, he saw an alligator grab his best friend, Bounce, and then carried the 9-year-old West Highland terrier out into a retention pond behind Gustafson's Sumter County home.

Gustafson said he didn't think twice about going into the water after his dog.

The retired corporate lawyer managed to wrestle with the gator and get hold of his its tail at the same time he pinned the gator's jaw down under the water.

Once Bounce was swimming free, Gustafson let go of the gator, grabbed his dog and ran for his life back to the house.

Gustafson has some minor puncture wounds on his hand and some nasty bruises on his leg.

Bounce just needed a few stitches but is otherwise back to her playful self.

On Sunday, a local trapper went out and caught the alligator.

It's being stuffed so Gustafson can have it as a keepsake when he tells the story to his grandchildren.

Neighbors with a sense of humor have since given Gustafson a superman cape and an alligator belt buckle.

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[Conan The Librarian]

Didn't he realize how dangerous this is?
 
'gators are still a protected specie and he might get his house stormed by battering-ram wielding conservation officers.

[Bugflipper]

I like stories like that one. A few that come to mind is the fellow that beat on a shark to save his scrappy little dog that swam with him every day. Seems like he was a mixed breed scruffy looking jack russell. The fellow said while he was hitting the shark the little dog was biting it. You couldn't see anything besides the fellow pounding on the shark's nose. When they go to the pier and have a shark a fisherman caught the little rascal doesn't miss an opportunity to show the shark who's boss. I think they swim a mile or so daily.


A few years back an eagle flew off with a wiener dog and ended up having to land because it was so heavy and thrashing about with the talons in his back. The little daschund was more than the eagle wanted to tangle with when he got his feet back on the ground. The eagle became the one getting attacked and took off. The daschund got some stitches and was back to normal life shortly after. You really couldn't see them tangling that well because the image was too small. But you could see the dog jumping up and chasing the eagle as he was desperately trying to get air between him and the dog.

[Conan The Librarian]

I was fishing one day near shore and a guy was fishing while his dog swam nearby. The paddling of the dog attracted a couple of blacktip sharks. Nobody hurt that time.

[powderman]

BUGFLIPPER. Thanks for sharing those stories. POWDERMAN.