Tom Phillips - 14th July, 2010
Florida wildlife officials say a 10-foot-long alligator bit off a man's hand while he was swimming in a canal with friends.
18-year-old Timothy Delano is recovering at a hospital after his alligator encounter, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro said.
Luckily for Delano, officials managed to catch the alligator and retrieve his hand from its stomach - and doctors may even be able to reattach the hand.
Ferraro says Delano was swimming with three friends around 9:30 p.m. Sunday when the alligator attacked.
The men swam to shore and drove to a gas station, where they called for an ambulance. Delano was flown by helicopter to a hospital.
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/835057-alligator-bites-mans-hand-off-man-gets-hand-back
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