Alligator bites off airboat captain’s hand in front of horrified tourists after he taunted it with fish

An airboat captain from Everglades City, Florida, had his left hand ripped off by an alligator while he was apparently feeding the animal on Tuesday.

Witnesses said the victim, identified as 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt who goes by the nickname Captain Wally, was seen feeding a nine-foot alligator fish minutes before the animal bit off his hand.

Incredibly, the severed limb was later retrieved from the reptile’s stomach when officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) tracked down and killed the gator.  Read more….

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