Fucking cool... Teen Uses Discovery Channel Tip To Escape Alligator Attack
 

DELAND, Fla. -- A 16-year-old being dragged into a Central Florida lake by a large alligator used a tip he watched on the Discovery Channel to break free and likely save his life, according to a Local 6 News report.

Corey Workman was in a remote area of the St. John's River in Volusia County, Fla., just before midnight Saturday, throwing rocks and sticks into the water.

Authorities said a 6- to 8-foot-long alligator jumped out of the water, grabbed Workman's left foot and dragged him into the lake.


"He struggled with the alligator but could not get free until he remembered something he saw on the Discovery Channel about what to do if you are getting attacked by an alligator," Local 6 reporter Deborah Garcia said.

Workman poked the alligator in the eye with his thumb as he was told to do on the television show.

His mom said the lesson of poking at the alligator's eye saved her son's life, Garcia said.

"If he was every bitten by a shark, he (learned) to put his hand in its gills and if he was ever attacked by a gator, to take his thumb and poke his thumb all the way in his eye and the gator released him," mother Elisa Badger said. "Thank God he was able to maintain his composure and not panic. He knew exactly what to do."

Discovery channel rocks

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hell yeah i love that channel and the history channel too

a feel good story, xcept for the gator:Oh crap

Fucking Cool!!!!


poor gator :(
first pebbles and rocks on his head.. then a poked out eye

that's cool :thumbsup

alligator and kid... both can't be blamed

it was the struggle of life and the kid won :)

nice one

wait untill SPCA finds out, they'll try to jail him for 20 years

Hehe no doubt... Its about time they are on the recieving end:winkwink:

pretty cool, good ole discovery channel
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That story sucked, poor one eyed alligator.

discovery channel rules

Throwing rocks into the water full of alligators midnight time? Discovery is good, but he should stop watching MTV :1orglaugh

Amazing!!! Smart kid!!! :thumbsup

Knowledge is power - even in the animal kingdom...

damn right :thumbsup

If I was on that situation then, I guess, I'm dead by now. I missed thet episode.

Do you really need Discovery Channel for that????

That technique works on every thing from sharks to the local corner bully.

My vote goes to common sense and not some dipshit hanging his foot into shark infested waters to test out Discovery Channels gems.

Lyn

good story..discovery is one of my favorite shows..


Mr. Romance

I used the Fox News Channel to escape a Republican attack.

discover channel should hire him as a their new spokesmodel

Fuckin' fantastic...

I grew up in Florida and we always knew two things about getting away from gators. This was one and the other was that they run faster than you on land, but because of their short legs, they can't turn very well. So if one's ever chasing you, do a lot of quick turns and you'll get away. If you don't, plan on losing.

i would have broken the gator's neck and then skinned it wit my bare hands to make myself a new pair of mocasins because i am cool like that

if it grabs your hand and you can't poke it with your thumb, i hear a semi hard weiner to the timpanic membrane will also do the trick.

good tips, I live in Canada though. Any tips for polar bears?

Hike with someone slower than you are.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

:thumbsup :thumbsup