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Swimmer's arm bitten off by alligator before surviving three days lost in woods
READ MORE: Massive 50ft 'prehistoric megalodon shark' caught on stunned researchers' scannersHe told CBS Miami: “I looked over and there's a gator on my right-hand side, so I went to swim, and she got my forearm, so I grabbed her like this, she was trying to roll, but she snapped her head, so my arm went backwards... completely”.He bravely fought for his life and says that the crocodile dragged him under three times."She's already got my arm, so when we came up the third time, she finally did a death roll and took off with my arm," he said.Merda incredibly managed to swim to safety with just one arm but found himself confused of his whereabouts.After walking around in circles, he says he “started following the sun and power lines, stuff like that, things I could see."After three brutal and excruciating days lost, he came across a fence and saw a man in his garden."I said: 'hey man I need some help' and he says, 'what are you doing' and I said, 'a gator got my arm'.