A 58-year-old woman in Florida suffered a horrific alligator attack in the Silver River, with a man in a nearby boat intervening to save her life from the nearly three-meter-long reptile.

A woman in Florida lost her arm in an alligator attack while in the Silver River but was saved by a boater who raced to her rescue. The incident highlights the dangers of wildlife encounters in the region.

A boater used a rope as a makeshift tourniquet to stop bleeding after an alligator grabbed a swimmer's arm in Florida's Silver River, pulling her underwater.

A Florida paddleboarder, Mike Heard, rescued a woman from an alligator attack in Marion County's Silver River by striking the gator with his paddle after hearing her cries for help.