Golf ball diver Scott Lahodik was diving for balls recently at a golf course in Florida at the Rotonda Golf & Country Club when an alligator bit him.
"Scott got bit, and he managed to get away from the gator," said course manager David Kelly. "[He] got out of the lake and drove all the way up to the clubhouse. That's where we called 911. I think he startled the gator more than anything. He was rooting around in his home looking for golf balls."
"He just came and, full blast, grabbed my arm all the way back in his throat and then he started to roll with me," Lahodik told the Orlando Sentinel. "He rolled a couple times and then he still didn't let go so I knew I had to do something, so I started punching him up by the eye and then he let go."
The gator will be euthanized, according to Golf Channel, which seems a bit extreme. This is big business, though. Lahodik is part of a group of divers that can earn six figures if they hustle and get a little lucky.
That number wouldn't convince me to swim with alligators, but it would at least make me think about it.
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