Alligators are known for their giant, sharp teeth and strong bite. While they can be interesting to look at from afar, getting up close and personal can be extremely dangerous. When Theresa and Donnie Wiseman attended a birthday party at reptile center Scales and Tails in Utah, they expected to see some incredible animals. What they didn’t anticipate was Donnie, in the tank, attempting to save a trainer. Theresa captured incredible video of the trainer being pulled into the alligator’s tank by her arm and getting attacked. Donnie and other witnesses went in to help and saved her life.
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The Alligator Attack Could Have Been So Much Worse
The video of the alligator attack is hard to watch, but thankfully, the witnesses’ bravery stopped anything truly horrible from happening. Following the incident, Scales and Tales shared a kind message of gratitude to those who jumped in to help thwart the alligator attack.
“We want to send a huge shoutout to Donnie Wiseman and Todd & Amy Christopher! We want to thank them for their heroism. Working with some of these animals has inherent risks that we as the staff accept. Yesterday, the sort of event that we hope never happens happened. One of our gator handlers got bitten by our large alligator and things took a bad turn. These gentleman could have stayed in the safety zone as most of us would, but instead jumped into the situation, of their own volition, and helped secure the alligator,” a Facebook post reads. “Their help, combined with the training of our staff member, probably saved her life and her limbs. Mrs. Christopher had a nursing background and started first aid prior to the EMT’s arrival and we thank her for that as well. Our staff member is doing well and is in recovery.”
They must have been running on pure adrenaline. What a selfless act from total strangers.
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