Florida man bitten by 7-foot alligator while on walk, flown to hospital

A man was attacked by a nearly 7-foot alligator while on a morning walk in Naples, Florida, Thursday, officials said. 

The man was taken by helicopter to a hospital after he was bitten on his leg by the reptile just after 5 a.m. near the Forest Glen and Golf Course community, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said in a release shared to Facebook. 

His condition wasn’t reported. 

One of the deputies treating the man at the scene watched the alligator head back toward a lake, telling a trapper his location. 

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The female alligator, who measured 6-foot-9, was safely trapped and removed from the community, the department said. 

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“It is alligator mating season, and CCSO urges residents to be cautious around bodies of water and vegetation where an alligator could have a nest,” the department said. “It was not known if this female gator had a nest near where the attack occurred.”

The department added that alligators are most active between dusk and dusk, “so plan accordingly to reduce the chances of running into them.” 

A 69-year-old woman who was believed to have been walking her dog near a lagoon in South Carolina was killed by an alligator on the Fourth of July. 

And last month a 13-year-old boy swimming in a creek near Orlando escaped with stitches after he was bitten on his leg by an alligator.