30K views · 619 reactions | ALLIGATOR ATTACK: An alligator severed part of man’s arm in central Florida after the 12-foot-long animal launched itself into a boat while the victim was participating in a statewide alligator harvest. Tom Llamas reports. https://abcn.ws/374wFvU | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Facebook

A quiet afternoon along a Florida canal turned chaotic when a large alligator surged from the water toward a small dog standing on a backyard dock. Security-style footage captures the split-second reaction as the owner pulls the dog back just as the gator explodes upward from the surface. The dock visibly bends under the force of the encounter, highlighting how quickly waterfront wildlife situations can escalate. Florida canals and residential lakes are active habitats for alligators year-round,