Man Stabs Alligator To Free His Dog

[matcom]

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A man stabbed a 6-foot alligator with a pocketknife after the reptile grabbed his dog by the head, and managed to scare off the reptile.

Matthew Goff, 29, said he was walking his dog Sugar, a tan-colored bloodhound/Shar-Pei mix, Wednesday evening at Kanapaha Park when the attack occurred.

Goff, an air conditioner repairman, said the unleashed dog had wandered to the edge of a pond when the gator grabbed its head.

Goff jumped in the water and stabbed the gator with his pocketknife, hoping it would release Sugar.

"It happened so quickly," Goff said. "I couldn't stand by and watch it happen, and I had the pocketknife so I decided to try and save her."

The gator released the dog when Goff stabbed it in the right eye. Sugar then ran home, he said.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3685530/detail.html

[xchrom]

1. ran home?!?

sprouted wings and flew!

[Ruffhowse]

2. Wow, that was pretty brave. I'm glad the guy saved his dog. I HATE

alligators and crocs. I could NEVER live in Florida. Too many alligators, and lots of really big bugs. Plus another Bush doofus for governor.

[nono]

4. The Gators and Bugs

are not too bad.

[Spinzonner]

3. I think that story's a Croc ...