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A Florida man is in the hospital after losing his hand to an alligator bite.
The man was fishing Sunday in Lake County when the gator attacked him, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed.
“While the guy was on the ground, the gator got the guy in the hand, and the two rolled,” Ron Priest told FOX 35 Orlando.
Priest’s wife was one of two people who called 911 for help. Lake County Fire Rescue released the calls to FOX 35, in which one of the callers can be heard saying, “Hand is gone!”
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Priest said the fisherman was reeling in a fish when the reptile opened its jaws and chomped down on the victim’s hand.
“The gator was after [the] fish, and what …
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