911 call records naked man's epic fight with gator

[Herman Munster]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/16133633.htm

LAKELAND - (AP) -- ''A gator's got me! A gator's got me!'' a man can be heard frantically screaming on a witnesses' 911 call to Polk County authorities.

The dispatcher advises the man in the gator's clutches -- who was naked and high on crack cocaine -- to punch the 12-foot alligator in the snout.

''Too big!'' the man, Adrian J. Apgar, can be heard hollering in the background of the 911 call.

''Help's on the way, bro!'' a bystander yells to the man being mangled by the reptile.

And indeed, the man would be rescued by Polk County sheriff's deputies, although not before suffering grave injuries in the encounter.

Adrian J. Apgar was taken to the hospital in critical condition with an apparent broken right arm, leg injuries and his left arm hanging by a tendon.

The three-way exchanges are preserved on a surreal 911 call between a man who called police to report distant screams in the middle of the night. The man stayed on the line as he approached where the screams originated -- a lake in Polk County.

[Herman Munster]

1. this is the 911 call

http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/audio/gator911call2.html

very very very bizarre.

[Taxloss]

2. 911 operators must LIVE for that call.

Makes a thousand frat stunts and depressing road accidents all worthwhile.

[karlrschneider]

3. Two crackheads sitting on a pier near there dangling legs in the water:

"Dayum!" says one, "A gator just bit my leg off!"

"Which one?" asks the other guy

"Hell, I don't know, they all look alike to me!"


ba da bum

;-)

[jarab]

4. His (almost) last words -

I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

...O...

[undeterred]

5. Wasn't there a surgeon general warning on the cocaine bottle?

WRESTLING NAKED WITH LIVE ALLIGATOR WHILE USING THIS DRUG MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.