A 72 year old man from florida wrested an alligator to save his dogs life. He had no choice but to fight the gator when he saw his dog in the gator mouth. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story
Never come between a man and his dog. Especially if that man is 72-year-old Gary Murphy of Palm City.
The retired construction worker was repairing a latch on his father-in-law’s boat on Thursday when he ended up saving his dog from the jaws of an alligator instead, reports TCPalm.com.
“I wasn’t trying to be a hero,” he told the paper. “I just wanted my dog back.”
Murphy was working in a marshy area Thursday when he heard a yelp from his 11-year-old West Highland White terrier and saw the dog had been snatched by an alligator.
He jumped onto the gator’s back, something he said was like “landing on a pile of rocks.”
Murphy hit the gator on the back of the head with his loafers until it let go of the dog, and then both man and canine beat a hasty retreat.
The dog, whom Murphy refers to as his “furry little white boy,” suffered a compressed lung and puncture wounds across his back and belly, but will survive, according to TCPalm.
Murphy, who credited love, a healthy lifestyle, and background in construction for his ability to fend off the alligator, shrugged off a decision his wife called “nuts.”
“If your kid was in the water with its head in a gator’s mouth,” he asked, “what would you do?”
