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    Florida Man Attacked by Alligator While Taking a Smoke Break

    2022-06-19

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    by Cyn Mackley - SCDN Crime & Justice Correspondent

    A Florida man originally thought a dog bit him while he was enjoying a smoke break, but his attacker turned out to be a 7-foot-long alligator.

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    Officials say the attack happened when Ray Schott, 49, was at his job as a live-in maintenance man at a hotel. He was taking a smoke break in the hotel's courtyard on South Tamiami Trail when what he originally thought was a dog came out of the bushes and bit him on the leg.

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    Schott then realized it was actually a 7-foot-long alligator. The alligator took a large chunk out of the man's leg before deputies were able to catch and restrain it. The alligator was relocated and released into the wild.

    Mr. Schott is recovering in the hospital.

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