‘Have you ever seen a fat guy run that fast?’ Terrified man narrowly avoids becoming lunch after pulling huge alligator’s tail for a ‘cool photo’
- Man bent over by lake and grabbed hold of huge reptile while his friend recorded
- As he yanks on its tail, the alligator quickly spins and tries to pounce and bite him
- Man runs away and says to his friend: ‘Have you seen ever a fat guy run that fast?’
This is the terrifying moment a huge alligator turns on a man who tried to yank it out of the water by its tail.
The man, from somewhere in the US, crouches down by a lake and grabs a hold of the reptile while his friend films it.
As he pulls the alligator’s tail, it quickly spins around and pounces at him, snapping its jaws just inches from where he was hunched over.
This US man was nearly eaten by an alligator after the huge reptile spun and lunged at him
His close encounter came after he tried to pull it out of the water by grabbing hold of its tail
The man gets up and runs away as fast as he can, before telling his friend: ‘Have you ever seen a fat guy run that fast?’
It’s not clear why the pair were antagonising the animal, but when the man had a grip of its tail, the cameraman said: ‘It’s going to make a cool screenshot.’
Ironically, the man filming also told his foolish friend: ‘I’ll tell you if he bites you, don’t worry.’
It’s not clear why he was antagonising the animal, but at one point his friend said: ‘It’s going to make a cool screenshot’
After getting away unscathed, the man asked his cameraman: ‘Have you ever seen a fat guy run that fast?’
But as the beast turned and actually tried to bite him, the cameraman couldn’t get his words out because he was laughing so much.
Fully grown male alligators like the one in the video weigh over 450kg.
Although they have heavy bodies and slow metabolism, they are capable of short bursts of speed, especially in very short lunges.
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