FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES!
Globe|June 28, 2021
Gator gnaws diver’s head as he hunts for ancient shark teeth
FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES!

A FLORIDA diver escaped with a fractured skull and 34 stitches when a gator chomped on his head!

The saw-toothed reptile attacked while Jeffrey Heim was searching for fossilized shark teeth in the Myakka River on May 30.

“I got blasted by what felt like a propeller on a boat going 50 mph,” he says. “It hit me so fast — and there’s nothing I could have done to defend myself!”

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