A woman survived emergency surgery to save her leg after getting attacked by an alligator!
While swimming near her home, Rachél Thompson was attacked by an Alligator,
"I'm basically standing in shallow water and I look into the dark water and out of nowhere appear the ripples of a giant alligator head," Thompson said of the gator that bit her, who she punched in the snout. "The thought came to my mind 'This is your last move and the next is his, next to roll you' and I just screamed and I pried as hard as I could."
Thompson got away, and pulled herself onto a dock, then a licensed trapper removed the alligator from the river. The Gator, who was more than 400 pounds and 10 feet long, was euthanized.
Thompson spent three days in the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
"I have a lot of scars and it's amazing the more that you get in life, the more you realize people don't pick up on them, they don't notice them. I think this one might be different. I think this one might be a bit more noticeable," she said.