Florida man pulled from alligator's jaws

[William769]

MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Florida sheriff's deputies jumped into a dark lake and pulled a naked man from the jaws of an alligator early Wednesday, authorities said.

The man lost his left arm and had a broken right arm and major injuries to his left leg, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. He was hospitalized in critical condition.

After several people reported hearing screams for help from central Florida's Lake Parker at about 4 a.m. ET, deputies arrived to find the man in the alligator's grasp, the sheriff said. (Watch sheriff tell the story )

Four deputies waded through waist-deep mud, wrestled the man free and pulled him about 40 yards back to shore to a waiting ambulance, Judd said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/29/gator.attack.reut/index.html

How horrible! One reason I won't swim in lakes here.

[foo_bar]

1. update: CROC JOCK ON ROCK!

NEW: Police say man told them he had smoked crack cocaine before attack
(...)
"He admitted that he'd been smoking crack cocaine. But still, it's a human life," Judd said at a news conference. "Our deputies don't ask questions, they respond and they save people."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/29/gator.attack.reut/index.html

That's nice, treating alligator bites as a medical problem.

[Botany]

2. Crack, naked, swimming, 4:00 AM, & 12' 'gator

Not the best combo.