Authorities say a man was attacked by an 8-foot alligator at the Tampa Country Club when he was fishing golf balls out of a pond.

Sixty-two-year-old Dwight Monreal was wading in a pond at the Tampa Palms Golf and Country Club last Saturday afternoon when the alligator latched onto his left arm and tried to drag him underwater.

Authorities say he was able to wrestle himself free, but he was left with a dislocated shoulder and several puncture wounds where the animal bit him.

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