Tampa, FL – Last week, a Florida woman successfully wrangled her senior dog free from the jaws of an alligator. According to sources, Kim Spencer’s dog, Kona, nearly fell victim to a large alligator who emerged from a lake near Tampa.

As reported by Fox 13 News, in a split second, the gator lunged from the lake and grabbed hold of the nine-year-old dog, whose head was in its jaws. She recounted the terrifying incident to the news agency, “She’s facing it, it’s facing her, and it jumped out and got her. She was in up to here; her whole head was inside its mouth. I stopped thinking and just dove on it, jumped on it and straddled it, as lady-like as that is, and was trying to pry its jaws open.” 

Against all odds, the gator released Kona from its grasp. Spencer and her dog received injuries, but they survived.

Trappers captured the 6-foot alligator after the life-or-death encounter. No word on its fate.

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