Man saves puppy from alligator's jaw in Florida

Video of a Florida man opening the jaws of an alligator to rescue his crying puppy has gone viral. Richard Wilbanks, 74, had only had his dog, Gunner, for a week. The two were taking a stroll by the pond near his home when he says the alligator jumped out of the water and snatched the little dog, dragging him underwater.

VIDEO: Florida Wildlife Federation

[Parallax-ecik]

Alligator realized he was in the presence of a Florida man...

[allys]

Poor puppy’s cries broke my heart
But this man is a legend, I heard he and the dog are doing fine

[cerconefamily]

Once I saw the smoke still in his mouth I knew he would come out on top

[Shiny.w]

Finally someone does something instead of just standing there

[User-]

Doesn’t even lose his cigar..boss level

[ikenosis]

This is greatest event in history. If I met aliens and had to sum up humanity, I would show them this video.

[jamesonweimann]

The old man is the Gigachad of old men

[Dee-mwtk]

y'all that poor 🐶 pup is talk'n like a human, listen: ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ooh help me, help me, help me plz, help me plz...
wow!!! Traumatizing!!!
😟

[matthewrivera]

Did he pull its jaws apart at the end? I think he did. Brutal stuff. Good job triple O Gpa!!!

[katyprice]

I’m so traumatized! That poor puppy! I hope that sweet man still has all his fingers!!

[greenstone_legion]

All in a days work..
.. He still had a cigar in his mouth😄

[gold]

Well that’s one way to fish for alligators I guess.

[NkosiCebile]

Poor puppy.., I know the alligator is probably hungry and it’s not his fault, we are food to him...

I hope that gentle man is okay :-)

[Fivedragoon]

I saw a video about the video and had to see it

[darren]

looks like they all had a bad day that day

[rattymagic]

Amazing to have the set up in the perfect place 😐

[andreacasey]

How is the camera set up so perfectly to capture this, if it was so sudden?

[gazjonze]

I like it when you don’t have to guess someone’s pronouns 😂

[yolandagrabowski]

The dog saying ow sounds like my mom. The alligator sounds like my boyfriend.

[CMCAdvanced]

How does this video not have more views? I don't even watch this type of content really and I thought it was awesome. Does he vote Republican or something?

Oh ok, it's cause YouTube likes CNN more