VENICE, Florida (AP) – A man who lost his ball in a golf course pond nearly lost a limb when a nearly 11-foot alligator latched on to his arm and pulled him in the water, authorities said.
Bruce Burger, 50, was trying to retrieve his ball Monday from a pond on the sixth hole at the Lake Venice Golf Club.
The alligator latched on to Burger’s right forearm and pulled him in the pond, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Burger used his left arm to beat the reptile until it freed him.
“I saw him reach down to get his ball and he yelled” for help, said Janet Pallo, who was playing the fifth hole and ran over to drive the man to the clubhouse.
Burger, from Lenoir City, Tennessee, was taken to a hospital but was not seriously injured, Morse said Tuesday.
It took seven Fish and Wildlife officers an hour to trap the one-eyed alligator, which measured 10 feet, 11 inches, Morse said.
The pond at the sixth hole has a “Beware of Alligator” sign.
“Unfortunately, that’s part of Florida,” course general manager Rod Parry said. “There’s wildlife in these ponds.”
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Sucks to be that guy…maybe he should have listened to that sign.
OMG…hahahahaha…crazy shit
i bet that dick would of not counted a stroke if he got the ball… who really fishes for shots in the water?
“Grizzly Adams did have a beard.”
its all in the hips
You eat pieces of sh*t for breakfast?
Damn that’s scary! There is a golf course right behind my grandmothers house, that has a pond w/ an alligator living in it.
Dummy should have read the sign!!! :eek:
Just tryin to ease the tension baby.