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Man Jumps Into Pond to Wrestle 8-Month-Old Puppy from Jaws of Alligator

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Florida man. Alligator. Dog.

The story almost writes itself — but this time the Florida man’s actions are more heroic than they are questionable, and the alligator ended up the real loser.

On Tuesday morning, Mike McCoy and his 8-month-old chocolate Labrador Retriever, Jake, were out for a walk. The area they were going through was behind a middle school in Holiday, Florida, near a pond.

Someone was waiting for them: A 7-foot-long alligator lunged at Jake and took him down. Almost as quickly, McCoy lunged after the attacker.

“I didn’t see it, but I knew it because of the death cry,” McCoy told WNCN-TV. “So that was it … gotta get him. And I did, thank you Jesus.”

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“No second thoughts. Can’t. You don’t have time. It’s a parent instinct. But I’m glad I have it because I wouldn’t have him.”

“No hesitation,” he added to WFTS-TV. “It’s just the way it is.”

Thankfully, McCoy had done his research and knew just how to fight the giant reptile that was threatening to take his dog’s life.

“I previously read up on my environment and gators,” McCoy said. “I got around, thumbed him in the eye … picked him out of the water so he couldn’t get anywhere until he let the dog go.

“And in the interim he decided, ‘Well, OK, I don’t have him, I’ll bite you.'”

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As all this was going on, teacher Kellie Mallon happened to look out the window of the school and was confronted with the very unusual sight.

“It was kind of like a snake darting really fast,” she said of the alligator when it attacked Jake. “It was super fast.”

Once Jake and McCoy were out of the alligator’s grasp, school nurse Shelly Churchill was able to give them a look-over. It was certainly an unusual one for her.

“It’s not often you get a gator call,” Churchill said.

While both man and dog ended up needing stitches, they walked away from the attack with their lives, a fact that was not lost on McCoy.

“We could have came out a heck of a lot worse,” he said. “I mean, I have no tendon damage [or] broken bones. He has no broken bones or punctures to his vitals.”

In fact, he sees the altercation as part of a bigger plan to rid the school of a nearby danger. After the attack, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission set traps for the alligator, and by Thursday they’d caught and removed it.

“I think we were put there for a reason,” McCoy said. “So maybe God wanted me there with him so, problem resolved?”

As for the energetic pup, he doesn’t seem to have let the scare get to him.

“He’s on the mend,” McCoy said. “He’s full of spit and vinegar today.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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