{"id":9068,"date":"2020-06-16T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/florida-man-bitten-in-the-face-by-alligator-while-playing-disc-golf\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:39:00","slug":"florida-man-bitten-in-the-face-by-alligator-while-playing-disc-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/florida-man-bitten-in-the-face-by-alligator-while-playing-disc-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"#Florida man bitten in the face by alligator while playing disc golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Florida man bitten in the face by alligator while playing disc golf<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 16, 2020 |<\/span> 12:39pm |<\/span> Updated June 16, 2020 | 12:59pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Travis Spitzer was searching for disc-golf frisbees in a lake when he was attacked by an alligator.<\/span>
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\n A Florida Frisbee golf player was bitten in the face by an alligator while retrieving one of the discs from a lake at a Largo park, according to a report.<\/p>\n

Travis Spitzer, 40, was waist-deep in the lake at Taylor Park around 5 a.m. when the gator struck, grabbing him by his face and forcing him to fight for his life \u2014 and was ultimately able to free himself and flee to safety, WFLA-TV reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Spitzer was hospitalized with cuts to his face and hands but is expected to recover, the outlet said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Spitzer has waded into the alligator-infested lake \u2014 he\u2019s been busted for trespassing before for plunging into the water to retrieve the discs for other Frisbee golf players, most recently in January.<\/p>\n

Players told WFLA that people typically charge $3 to go into the water to retrieve the discs, which typically cost around $18.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t go wading deep in,\u201d Frisbee golf player Rob Fitzjarrald told the station. \u201cThe guys that do that are called \u2018squids.\u2019 They do that an turn them in for money.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began collecting alligator bite information in 1928, and has reported 31 attacks in Pinellas County since then \u2014 with seven in Largo alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s horrific,\u201d said Frisbee golf player Gerry Rogers. \u201cI\u2019m used to it. I live on the coast and we know better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stay away from the water,\u201d he said. \u201cGators don\u2019t care whether you want to look at them or not. They have one thing in mind.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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