1trailmaker Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 In a dramatic encounter recorded by surveillance cameras, a Florida man chased an alligator under water and rescued his 3-month-old puppy from the jaws of death. Richard Wilbanks, 74, of Estero ran into his backyard pond, wrestled the gator above surface, and pried its jaws open to free Gunner, his Cavalier King Charles spaniel. "We were just out walking by the pond," Wilbanks told CNN, "and it came out of the water like a missile. I never thought an alligator could be that fast. It was so quick." He said adrenaline or instinct kicked in, and "I just automatically jumped into the water." Holding the alligator wasn't so tough, but prying open the jaws was "extremely hard," he said. Wilbanks said his hands were "chewed up," and he went to a doctor for a tetanus shot. video of the incident here https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/florida-retiree-wrestles-puppy-from-jaws-of-alligator-1.5199243?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvnews%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0ZehnVfI_70pvof1WjZA4YezebTLaQjPxHvw_Cx4Txd7A7MBreHZuPh08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Those are the cutest puppies on the planet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Dogs > people but we will have to rate this guy high on the people scale for saving the puppy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 6 hours ago, Fireball 440 said: Those are the cutest puppies on the planet. No sorry these two are 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: No sorry these two are Is that an Ewok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I saw Joe dirt do something like this and not even knock off his ash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Fireball 440 said: Is that an Ewok? Dog is fucking nuts, but a beautiful specimen and alotta fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Old man strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Lily is an ewok 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin george Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Grandkids new puppy. They named him Winston 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Mutts FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted November 23, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted November 24, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted November 24, 2020 Saw that on the news a couple days ago.....didn't realize the guy was 74....not bad reaction to jump in the water like that. About the same age as p550.....I wonder if he could wrestle a gator like that? But from what I hear on this site, he's a bit more adept at handling snakes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieJames7 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 hours ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said: Saw that on the news a couple days ago.....didn't realize the guy was 74....not bad reaction to jump in the water like that. About the same age as p550.....I wonder if he could wrestle a gator like that? But from what I hear on this site, he's a bit more adept at handling snakes. Trouser snakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Shifty Posted November 24, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted November 24, 2020 Sled dog! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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