Florida Woman Leaps on 6-Foot Alligator to Save Her Dog During Lake Walk

Florida Woman Leaps on 6-Foot Alligator to Save Her Dog: An evening's routine walks turned hellish for a Florida woman who put her life at stake just to save her beloved pet from the terrifying jaws of an alligator attack. Kimberly Spencer, a resident of Tampa and an elementary school teacher, was out walking her dog-Kona-around one of those neighborhood ponds at Westwood Lakes, when suddenly a 6-and-a-half-foot alligator lunged out from the water at them, as reported by FOX 13.

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“I am always afraid of gators, snakes, you name it. I’m not a nature girl,” Kimberly said. But on Tuesday, those fears were quickly cast aside when she realized her dog’s life was in danger. “We went down. I didn’t see anything to be worried about,” she recalled. “All of a sudden, I heard a noise, and ten feet in, you could see. I saw its eyes, and I saw it turn.”

The alligator opened its jaws wide and snapped down. Kimberly attempted to yank Kona away, but the animal was too quick. It sank its jaws into the upper body and head of the dog. “It had its mouth open … it clamped down on her and it got her … so I jumped on its back and pried its jaws open,” she said. “Once I got it out, I clamped its mouth shut and was holding onto its jaws, its mouth shut.”

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Heroic rescue

With amazing bravery and quick thinking, Kimberly freed Kona from the gator's jaws within seconds. The alligator swam away and disappeared in the water, leaving both of them shaken but unharmed.

“I wasn’t letting it take my baby, that’s it,” Kimberly said. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if something happened to her on my watch.”

Kim suffered bite wounds to both hands and was treated and released. Kona was taken to the vet and returned home with stitches, having sustained injuries mostly to her shoulder.

“I hope she understands that she’ll be okay and that we hate that she’s in pain,” Kimberly said. “I would never let anything happen to her.”

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