alligator attack
Florida grandmother was attacked by a 5ft alligator - and fought it off with a hosepipe.
Connie Gittles, 74, thought it was just a snake when something bit her leg as she watered plants in her backyard.
"When I looked down, I saw this fellow looking at me," said Mrs Gittles who lives in a mobile home at Punta Gorda.
"I just whacked him right in the snout with the nozzle," she told News-Press.com. "After that, he took off."
State wildlife officials later removed an alligator, thought to be the same one, from a nearby pond.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman JoAnne Adams said: "Based on the bite marks and the teeth, we think it was the same one."
Mrs Gittles needed medical attention for three puncture wounds, one of which went down to her bone above the ankle.
Connie Gittles, 74, thought it was just a snake when something bit her leg as she watered plants in her backyard.
"When I looked down, I saw this fellow looking at me," said Mrs Gittles who lives in a mobile home at Punta Gorda.
"I just whacked him right in the snout with the nozzle," she told News-Press.com. "After that, he took off."
State wildlife officials later removed an alligator, thought to be the same one, from a nearby pond.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman JoAnne Adams said: "Based on the bite marks and the teeth, we think it was the same one."
Mrs Gittles needed medical attention for three puncture wounds, one of which went down to her bone above the ankle.
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