PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A Florida man out walking his dog was attacked by an alligator and nearly dragged into a canal behind his home.Mark Johnson, 61, said he was walking along the canal last Sunday in Port.
St. Lucie with his 8-year-old golden retriever when he saw a gator turn towards them.Johnson said his foot got stuck in mud moments before he saw "the lunge" as the alligator grabbed his leg.HURRICANE SALLY: MASSIVE ALLIGATOR CAPTURED SWIMMING IN ALABAMA STORM SURGE"He starts clamping down pretty tight, and he started to pull, and the next thing I do ...
I poke [the gator] through the eye," he told WPLG-TV.Johnson told Treasure Coast Newspapers that after he stuck his finger in the gator's eye, the reptile immediately let go and swam.