Louisiana man gets 80 stitches after encounter with 11-foot alligator

A Louisiana man received 80 stitches after he and his pals tried to move an 11-foot alligator from the middle of a road.

Glen Bonin, of Sulphur, and three of his friends spotted the alligator on the road they were traveling and decided to move it out of the way, KPLC-TV reported.

"[We] took our shirts off, threw it on his [the gator's] face, and we were going to come from behind it and jump on it . . . in the process of doing that, it spun around and grabbed my hand seconds before we jumped on it," Bonin told the station.

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The gator snapped at Bonin, who said the encounter “felt like someone was pulling my arm out.”

The incident, which was caught on video, shows the three friends throwing their T-shirts over the face of the reptile, which then twists around and bites Bonin.

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Now Bonin is hoping therapy will help straighten out his ring finger and pinkie.

"I've always been the kind of guy who learns the hard way," he told KPLC.

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