Elderly Florida Woman Survives Alligator Attack While Walking Dog
An 84-year-old woman from North Fort Myers, Florida, was seriously injured in an alligator attack while she was walking her dog near a local pond. Dolores Boppel likened the sudden assault to a “torpedo,” stating she had little time to respond. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on a Thursday when Boppel noticed a seven-foot, three-inch alligator focusing on her. In an instinctive move, she tossed her small dog into the air to distract the …