Alligator found with human foot in its mouth after biting off Florida man’s leg

Florida, unprovoked alligator attacks are pretty rare.So when a 72-year-old man lost a portion of his right leg to an aggressive alligator at an RV park last Friday, people were shocked.When the animal was later spotted with the man’s foot dangling from its mouth, it was downright horrifying.

Read more: Ex-Menudo singer says he was raped by father of the Menendez brothers The unidentified man lost his leg from the knee down outside his home at the Great Outdoors RV and Golf Resort in Brevard County, reports NBC affiliate WESH.The man was airlifted to hospital after the massive reptile chomped off his leg, while Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers and Brevard County sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene to assess the situation and track down the gator.The officers clocked the alligator in a nearby canal, following it with rifles.But when the animal came to the water’s surface, they were horrified to see a human foot clearly protruding from the gator’s mouth.In video captured by WESH cameras, the alligator is seen surfacing.

The outlet reports that officers fired four shots, killing the alligator. Another, smaller alligator was also exterminated.“After that an FWC officer retrieved what was clearly a foot and part of the leg,” the announcer says in the video voiceover, adding that they chose to omit the grisly footage of the limb retrieval out of respect for the victim.

Read more: Officials recorded discussing lynching Black people suspended in Oklahoma “They did get the leg. It was with the gator that they know bit him.