• A 23-year-old man was attacked by a ten.5-foot-long alligator exterior a bar in Port Charlotte, Florida.
• The sufferer was transported to a close-by hospital, the place his arm was amputated, authorities mentioned.
• Alligator assaults on people are comparatively uncommon. The animal was later eliminated and humanely killed.

A 23-year-old had his arm amputated after he was attacked by a ten.5-foot-long alligator exterior a bar in Port Charlotte, Florida, early on Sunday, authorities mentioned.

The sufferer was bitten whereas standing exterior Banditos Bar, which is located subsequent to a pond, per The Each day Solar.

The native newspaper reported that emergency companies had been referred to as to the bar at round 1:42 a.m., citing Charlotte County Hearth and EMS spokesperson Todd Dunn.

The sufferer was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Fort Myers, the place his arm was amputated, Dunn mentioned, per the Related Press.

Manny Hidalgo was contained in the bar when he heard shouting from exterior. He advised The Each day Solar that he grabbed his cellphone and used its flashlight to attempt to discover the sufferer.

“He was yelling and swimming towards the shoreline,” Hidalgo advised The Each day Solar. “I ran and dragged him up onto the sand. I used to be scared to get near the water as a result of it was darkish out.”

It’s unclear how the person ended up within the water.

Hidalgo mentioned he was “scared,” including that the man was “very fortunate” to outlive, per the native newspaper.

He added: “I do know it is mating season, so I hope persons are extra conscious of their environment.”

Alligators, of which there are an estimated 1.3 million in Florida, could be extra aggressive throughout mating season, which lasts from April to June.

Regardless of Florida’s giant alligator inhabitants, assaults on people are comparatively uncommon. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee mentioned in December 2022 that the probability of a Florida resident being severely injured throughout an unprovoked alligator incident in Florida is roughly one in 3.1 million.

However, amongst different current victims, an 85-year-old girl was killed after attempting to rescue her canine from an alligator at a Florida retirement group in February 2023.

After the incident at Banditos Bar, a nuisance-alligator trapper efficiently eliminated the alligator from the property, earlier than it was humanely killed, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee mentioned, in response to CBS Information.

The company, which didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark, is investigating the incident, per CBS Information.