Inside Florida fisherman’s final moments before 12-foot alligator drags him into lake

Source: New York Post

A fisherman savaged by an alligator by the shore of a central Florida lake showed off his catch before the fatal attack – with his autopsy revealing he suffered “blunt force” leg injuries as he was being dragged to the water before being submerged. Steven Hamilton, 71, was a daily fisher on the banks of Lake Apopka – and he couldn’t hide his glee when he reeled in a bass on Friday evening, seconds before the horrific attack. “He held it up for whoever it was to take a picture of him, and the gator came up and grabbed him by the leg and pulled him in, ” Beatrice Soto, who watched the attack at Dr.