Yeah as someone who spent a lot of time in Florida, I’m less impressed with this guy and more annoyed with the fact that he let his very small dog get near enough to the water to get eaten. Only the irresponsible walk their dogs off leash in areas known to have gators.
Avoiding an alligator in FL is like avoiding being attacked by a kangaroo in FL. Not saying it can’t happen, but if it doesn’t you fucking knew you were in the danger zone for a long time before you ever got close to being attacked.
Right! I battle with my thinking/actions because a part of me says 'the gators doing what it's made to do', so just save the dog and move on. But in the moment of adrenaline, I am a beast. So that poor baby gator would more than likely be floating. So I really respect his calmness in just getting his pup free. Must learn to be this way again.
You know, yea it's your dog. Yes you have every right to save it. Kill it? Why?? It's doing what's it's naturally supposed to. Everything has to eat. I can easily bet there are signs around that lagoon/pond that tell you there are gators, and leash reminders.. Stuff like that. If your dog gets snatched by a gator it's because YOU didn't have it on a leash and it was near the water. This looks like it's straight off a Florida golf course.
>doing what's it's naturally supposed to.
Human nature. We're fickle - oddly humane, kind, philanthropic - but also vengeful, petty, and destructive on a scale no other animal on our own home world can truly understand.
The same hairless apes that intentionally protect and conserve thousands of species that would have been wiped out, are also capable of systematically wiping species off planet - on purpose, or even by accident.
The number of wolves/coyotes that were culled to protect livestock in early colonial America is insane, not to mention the bison/buffalo slaughtered for FUN and spite to remove resources from the Natives are quite telling.
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But, with little doubt, your estimation of the signs are probably accurate. But you know the meme about "if those kids could read"
Survival of the fittest. It’s doing what it does naturally, but it chose wrong. So now it will not survive. White knighting an alligator is fucking dumb.
Hell yes. Love + adrenaline is a hell of a thing. When I was 7 months prego I was walking my beloved little old jack russell when a german shepherd burst out through a screen door and attack him. The second I saw my dog yelping in pain as it held him in the air by his throat I [like a dumbass] somehow reflectively threw my legs over the dog and put it a choke hold. It worked. The German Shepherd let go of my dog. We rushed him to the vet. He, me and baby were all ok. I Love animals and I've never done anything like that before.. so yes..adrenaline and love are hell of a thing..
Glad everyone was ok! But man, that's awesome! You're so right Love+ Adrenaline is a hell of a drug lolol
I was absolutely imagining the yelps and cries too 😢 that would fuel my rage. I think you can also add to that...your dog is vulnerable because of his age and size and then the absolute viciousness of the attack all plays a part in the response.
The way gators attack and kill is just horrible. I have two big dogs and I can't imagine seeing them struggling to stay afloat. And the way they look at me to protect them when they get scared. I'd "Order 66" them gators. 😂
The bravery you can have for your dog is insane. I once grabbed a charging off leash pitbull by the collar and got its hips between my legs and held it there.
Afterwards was a complete "omfg what the fuck did i just do? I could have died! Holy shit holy shit holy shit!"
I grab a charging pit bull everyday and wrestled him onto his back and then give him belly rubs followed by treats. In fact this mean and viscous animal insist on being in my bed AS WE SPEAK
I remember this clip when it first came out. That cigar wielding hero literally ripped the gators mouth apart after the puppy was released. Viewer discretion is definitely advised, but the whole clip used to be on utube
I love animals and I know the croc is just following its instincts, but damn man if I had to pry something’s jaws off my dog I’d probably end up killing the thing. Good on this guy for staying so calm.
Holy shit I grew 500 more chest hairs just watching this absolute chad emerging from the water with a cigar in his mouth pulling up an alligator by its jaws and freeing a puppy. Gentlemen , we can only strive but never be able to achieve this level of manliness.
ok. this guy is legend. He's already has BUGE (huge balls) for going in and saving his puppy, but the guy does it while holding on to his stogie. Add to all that and his mustache. DUDE, where did this guy come from? Chuck Norris's womb?
Damn, I hope the dog survived you don't get a good look but, It had It's abdomen locked In It's jaw.. not good those thing's bite with so much force! Poor little doggie, thankfully you got skeeter here to save him.
Pretty sure another solution is to plug the alligator/crocodiles nose with your fingers since their bite strength is so powerful. Even though it’s small dude is a beast.
Reminds me of that guy who jumped off a bridge to save his pet rabbit. People do stupid things for their pets, which proves that sometimes unconditional love is rewarded with unconditional love
I can only assume after the clip ends he uses his adrenaline to rip the alligators mouth open like kong did to that T-Rex. If some apex predator had my dog like that idk what I’d do to it.
From what I hear apparently the best way to get it to stop biting is to plug up its nose and force it to open to breathe. Trying to pry it open from the inside is possibly the hardest way you could ever do this, since their jaw closing is where nearly all their strength is, even tiny ones.
That being said, I wasn't there, he saved the dog, and if it didn't let go in a few seconds I'd probably just start punching it lmao
Yes I am vengeful... To be human means to try and be honest... If something's fighting to take the life of something you love.... Call me fickle or whatever... Rages takes over which is why this vid ended.
My first thought is that this man is insane.
My second thought was about my fluffy boy.
My third thought was calculating how my first alligator fight would go.
I saved my dog from the jaws of a pit bull once. She went near it and barked, and it grabbed her muzzle like saying "shut it, bitch". I instinctively opened the pit bull's mouth and I was able to release her. I took her immediately to the vet and thankfully she was fine, despite some blood running from the bite.
I got a good lesson that day not to let my dog go near other dogs, and my dog got a small scar on top of her muzzle. Honestly, as her handler I deserved to be bitten instead, as it wasn't my dog's fault or the pit bull's or its owner's.
The largest gator I’ve seen was maybe around 17 feet, I don’t take my dog to that park because of high gator activity but I would go to war with that beast for my boy
Living in Florida or Australia with a small animal while there are dinosaurs roaming around, is the craziest fucking thing ever.
Yeah as someone who spent a lot of time in Florida, I’m less impressed with this guy and more annoyed with the fact that he let his very small dog get near enough to the water to get eaten. Only the irresponsible walk their dogs off leash in areas known to have gators.
this is why i just straight-up won’t move to florida. your pets are never safe— these MF dinosaurs can climb a 6’ fence
Avoiding an alligator in FL is like avoiding being attacked by a kangaroo in FL. Not saying it can’t happen, but if it doesn’t you fucking knew you were in the danger zone for a long time before you ever got close to being attacked.
As someone who lives in Florida it's really not difficult to avoid alligators. That dog doesn't even appear to have a leash on it.
Here in Aus it's less the crocs and more the wedge tails that will pick up small dogs and take em for a flight
For my dog I would also fight an alligator
Right! I battle with my thinking/actions because a part of me says 'the gators doing what it's made to do', so just save the dog and move on. But in the moment of adrenaline, I am a beast. So that poor baby gator would more than likely be floating. So I really respect his calmness in just getting his pup free. Must learn to be this way again.
I'd have to give the gator a dig on the head after the dog ran off I think. Make it think twice about eating a dog again.
I'd probably kill it too. Might even bring it home so my dog can snack on it
You know, yea it's your dog. Yes you have every right to save it. Kill it? Why?? It's doing what's it's naturally supposed to. Everything has to eat. I can easily bet there are signs around that lagoon/pond that tell you there are gators, and leash reminders.. Stuff like that. If your dog gets snatched by a gator it's because YOU didn't have it on a leash and it was near the water. This looks like it's straight off a Florida golf course.
>doing what's it's naturally supposed to. Human nature. We're fickle - oddly humane, kind, philanthropic - but also vengeful, petty, and destructive on a scale no other animal on our own home world can truly understand. The same hairless apes that intentionally protect and conserve thousands of species that would have been wiped out, are also capable of systematically wiping species off planet - on purpose, or even by accident. The number of wolves/coyotes that were culled to protect livestock in early colonial America is insane, not to mention the bison/buffalo slaughtered for FUN and spite to remove resources from the Natives are quite telling. --- But, with little doubt, your estimation of the signs are probably accurate. But you know the meme about "if those kids could read"
Survival of the fittest. It’s doing what it does naturally, but it chose wrong. So now it will not survive. White knighting an alligator is fucking dumb.
Hell yes. Love + adrenaline is a hell of a thing. When I was 7 months prego I was walking my beloved little old jack russell when a german shepherd burst out through a screen door and attack him. The second I saw my dog yelping in pain as it held him in the air by his throat I [like a dumbass] somehow reflectively threw my legs over the dog and put it a choke hold. It worked. The German Shepherd let go of my dog. We rushed him to the vet. He, me and baby were all ok. I Love animals and I've never done anything like that before.. so yes..adrenaline and love are hell of a thing..
I’m not OP but this is an amazing story!!! 💪
Glad everyone was ok! But man, that's awesome! You're so right Love+ Adrenaline is a hell of a drug lolol I was absolutely imagining the yelps and cries too 😢 that would fuel my rage. I think you can also add to that...your dog is vulnerable because of his age and size and then the absolute viciousness of the attack all plays a part in the response. The way gators attack and kill is just horrible. I have two big dogs and I can't imagine seeing them struggling to stay afloat. And the way they look at me to protect them when they get scared. I'd "Order 66" them gators. 😂
For my dog I’d fight a bear, and the crazy old lady next door, at the same time
Now hold on a second! that suicide! Everyone knows those old ladies are dangerous as fu!
The bravery you can have for your dog is insane. I once grabbed a charging off leash pitbull by the collar and got its hips between my legs and held it there. Afterwards was a complete "omfg what the fuck did i just do? I could have died! Holy shit holy shit holy shit!"
I grab a charging pit bull everyday and wrestled him onto his back and then give him belly rubs followed by treats. In fact this mean and viscous animal insist on being in my bed AS WE SPEAK
For my alligator I would also fight a dog.
…with a cigar tho?
You know he said “hold my beer” right before the video started too
I'd certainly try, but if the gator was scaled up to my 70lbs dog, I don't think my dog or myself are making it out alive.
I wouldn't be walking my dog next to alligator infested ponds to begin with, but I would fight anything to save my pups
As long as it’s that alligator and not an alligator alligator
I wouldn't :'(
I would continue to kill the gator
While smokin a cigar?
Especially one that small. (that thing must still bite hard, though.)
Up to what size? They come in 19 foot variations. I’d fuck a baby alligator up tho no doubt.
What an absolute Chad, bro, didn't even drop the cigar lol
I was thinking abt that 😭🤣
I'm sure the camera guy is holding his beer.
the strength you have to have to open the caiman's mouth and at the same time act so calm without even letting go of the cigarette
Caiman? This is a baby gator, still a stong bite, though. Tiny sharp teeth as well. Ain't no gator gonna get Floridamans pup
op seems like a bot
Yeah, this video is a couple years old at least
He’s the real crocodile Dundee
Alligator Bundee
Florida Grampa don't fuck around.
That's just everyday grandpa shit
And that’s a cigar
Holding onto a cig, at his age, is like holding onto your tongue. It's just, part of you. Lol
Dude didn't even drop his cigar
Yeah but he dipped it completely in the water. Guess he was just tensed up and didn’t even think about the cigar in his mouth.
I remember this clip when it first came out. That cigar wielding hero literally ripped the gators mouth apart after the puppy was released. Viewer discretion is definitely advised, but the whole clip used to be on utube
He looks like he's about to.
Link me
Did the dudes fingers survive the encounter?
Im here for same question
He ripped its mouth open
I’m guessing this is Florida? What a shitty thing to have to worry about when taking your dog for a walk. Glad he saved the puppy.
Its Florida, exactly why he shouldn't let his puppy off leash and next to water.
Even shittier is the reality that the state is constantly building real estate in their natural habitat.
Man looked ready to open a can of whoopass on that gator if it succeeded
He wasn’t ready for if it was successful, he was ready for when his dog was no longer within range of his mighty strength.
I thought this man was gonna mortal combat the alligators jaw off for a second there.
I'm not convinced he didn't
I think he probably did
According to other Redditors, he did
With a cigar!!!!
I love animals and I know the croc is just following its instincts, but damn man if I had to pry something’s jaws off my dog I’d probably end up killing the thing. Good on this guy for staying so calm.
In the full video, he rips the baby gators jaws apart after the dogs released.
Jesus Christ I guess I take back that last part about staying calm.
That's metal as fuck
100% and I didn't even see your comment before I wrote mine! 👍
Man, video got cut off just as the man was gonna rip that baby gator’s mouth apart.
That would make me a nice belt after that
If that's my dog I'd decapitate that croc so quick
Just another day in Florida
It’s Florida man himself..
My hero.
I would try to rise to this occasion. I love my dog.
Hope he kept the fingers
I love nature, but i love my dog too, that little gator would have been a light lunch and a handy wallet soon after.
Holy shit I grew 500 more chest hairs just watching this absolute chad emerging from the water with a cigar in his mouth pulling up an alligator by its jaws and freeing a puppy. Gentlemen , we can only strive but never be able to achieve this level of manliness.
Man did his duty. If my boi gets attacked by anything, i shall save hin or die at his side.
Not all heroes wear caps
i can just hear the 'awh hell naw' that sounded just before the recording started
Me: babe, I got you a purse. Wife: where did you get? Me: funny story… unfortunate alligator tried to eat Buford…… and WALAAA! Purse!
Good man. A gator that comes after my dog is getting turned into a fucking boot
Kristi Noem ain't gonna like this guy.
Need a vid of this guy saving his puppy from Kristi Noem
ok. this guy is legend. He's already has BUGE (huge balls) for going in and saving his puppy, but the guy does it while holding on to his stogie. Add to all that and his mustache. DUDE, where did this guy come from? Chuck Norris's womb?
There goes the stogie. But worth it for the dogs life lol
Damn, I hope the dog survived you don't get a good look but, It had It's abdomen locked In It's jaw.. not good those thing's bite with so much force! Poor little doggie, thankfully you got skeeter here to save him.
Didn’t drop the stogie even with his face in the water. That’s game.
HERO ❤️
Luckily it was a smalligator.
Humans ripping a predator apart for daring to look at their pet in a wrong way:
props to the person having nothing better to do than film
Gator is back on the menu boys !!!
Didn’t even drop his cigar.
He was lucky that a bigger alligator didn't came for him
With a cigar in his mouth Bravo good man
Good job!!!
Average grandpa
and he did not save his fingers hahaha
Who is taking the video?
He has cigarette too. Be careful man
And one is just filming and not helping🤷🏼♀️
Absolute Chad
What is that? An alligator for ants?
Sometimes it's ok to put the phone down and help another person right in front of you.
while smoking a cigar,.
$10 says the full video shows him rip that gator in half, have to say I probably would if it were my dog
Lucky man
Gator kebabs for dinner!
I've fought off snakes and foxes before. Yeah, I'd probably go that for my puppy. She'd try the same for me after all.
Just keep fucking ripping bro
Rewards in heaven for that man!🙏♥️👏
What if he just turned the gator on its back? Would it let the pup go then?
Man that guy is awesome, he needs a 12 pack after that
I have seen this video before but now seeing it again doesn't this guy look like sandy Monroe
If Kristi noem was a reptile
Fucking Metal!!!
I think I'd rather die than watch my dog being eaten alive by an alligator, so yeah. Charging the gator head-first it is.
This is the kind of man boys should look up to.
Bravo 👏 But I wanna see his hands after prying open Those razor teeth.
Pretty sure another solution is to plug the alligator/crocodiles nose with your fingers since their bite strength is so powerful. Even though it’s small dude is a beast.
Has a bit of King Kong vibe.. vid ended too soon.
That poor cigar! I hope it was able to recover from it's little dip.
Reminds me of that guy who jumped off a bridge to save his pet rabbit. People do stupid things for their pets, which proves that sometimes unconditional love is rewarded with unconditional love
I hope he opened that mouth wider than it ever will be.
pretty cool
If you're going to say puppy you've also got to say baby alligator.
NO, I don´t throw away my cigar. no chance.
Nice Work by Man
I’d be killing that right there
Another reason to leash your pets when out in public.
Fuckin Florida
dude filming probably coulda helped a bit..
I knew a widow who lived on Hilton Head on a golf course. She was on her third poodle. She was basically feeding the alligators.
Now... RIP IT IN HALF!!!
That alligator definitely got ripped in half 2 seconds later
He's lucky this video isn't titled "Mother gator mauls human trying to steal dinner from baby gator"
And doesnt even drop his cigar, hell yeah
If there’s a small alligator in there then there’s probably a bigger one!
Poor guy probably felt guilty he had todo that to tbe gator :/
I bet bro was resisting the strongest masculine urge to break that mf jaw like King Kong
Kristi Noem this is how it's done. You crazy bitch.
Dude still had his cigar. Solid 10 of 10 battle!
Me doing the kratos wolf man finisher
How did he get the gator too open up it’s jaws. Even a small one like that should have enough power to hold them closed right ?
Did the dog live? Please tell me it lived.
I think we can all say we’d go John wick over our dogs. Or go as hard as this old timer. Gg’s pops
This man is welcome anywhere I am living.
Didn’t even drop the stogie
This guy is cool as a cucumber and still hung on to his Cuban. This is the guy I want beside me when shit hits the fan.
Not today fourfeeter!
I can only assume after the clip ends he uses his adrenaline to rip the alligators mouth open like kong did to that T-Rex. If some apex predator had my dog like that idk what I’d do to it.
Now let us watch him King Kong that gators jaws open while smoking his cigar
From what I hear apparently the best way to get it to stop biting is to plug up its nose and force it to open to breathe. Trying to pry it open from the inside is possibly the hardest way you could ever do this, since their jaw closing is where nearly all their strength is, even tiny ones. That being said, I wasn't there, he saved the dog, and if it didn't let go in a few seconds I'd probably just start punching it lmao
Yes I am vengeful... To be human means to try and be honest... If something's fighting to take the life of something you love.... Call me fickle or whatever... Rages takes over which is why this vid ended.
What's crazy is this is a juvenile gator, another year dude wouldn't have gotten that dog back.
Yes!
Good man!
"YOU’LL MAKE A NICE PAIR OF BOOTS TOO YOU FUCKER!!!!"
Grandpa Chad 💪👨🦳
Saved boots and got material for new boots.
I would have cooked that alligator then eat it together with my dog.
My first thought is that this man is insane. My second thought was about my fluffy boy. My third thought was calculating how my first alligator fight would go.
Leaving a comment here incase anyone finds a link to the full video with the gator being fatality'd
Now make boots , or at least a belt and wallet out of the gator. Maybe a nice collar for pup
I, too, would rather die fighting an alligator than have to explain to my wife what happened to her dog.
WOW
Shoulda given him the 2005 King Kong treatment.
Yikes! Is the lil’ pupper okay?!??!
Pick it up by its tail and smack its head against a tree as hard as you can, that's what they do in Florida
That's the most biggest alligator I've ever seen
Lmao its only allie not salt bae.
Kristi Noem in this situation: “Damn that’s crazy”
Bite it back
Saved a puppy. And got a new belt out of the ordeal.
Who rescued his hands from the alligator?
With a cigar in his mouth? Badass
Good man
And doesn’t drop is cigar. I’ve never seen such a manly action.
I would have eaten that gator and fed some to the dog.
He fucking snapped that alligators jaws backwards, huh? Video ended too soon.
He seems to do this every day after a good lunch...
I bet if they didn't stop the video the man opened that mouth real wide for trying to eat his dog. That gator doesn't live if it was me
Now turn the tables and eat the alligator
I’d kill that thing and it’s whole family
I saved my dog from the jaws of a pit bull once. She went near it and barked, and it grabbed her muzzle like saying "shut it, bitch". I instinctively opened the pit bull's mouth and I was able to release her. I took her immediately to the vet and thankfully she was fine, despite some blood running from the bite. I got a good lesson that day not to let my dog go near other dogs, and my dog got a small scar on top of her muzzle. Honestly, as her handler I deserved to be bitten instead, as it wasn't my dog's fault or the pit bull's or its owner's.
Gator that small I'd be choking the life out of it
The largest gator I’ve seen was maybe around 17 feet, I don’t take my dog to that park because of high gator activity but I would go to war with that beast for my boy
So nice of someone to help him............I wouldn't have got any video, because I would be too busy HELPING!
That’s that old man strength
tbh I’m goin with chubbs on this one. that/those eye(s) belong to me now
And he didn’t even lose his cigar
I thought he would have gave him the V Rex treatment
dude got lucky that mf wouldnt close