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Man Who Lost Hand to Alligator Charged With Feeding It

Man Who Lost Hand to Alligator Charged With Feeding It The day an alligator bit off his right hand was not the last Wallace Weatherholt would have to pay for allegedly feeding an alligator in the Everglades. Weatherholt, a 63-year-old airboat captain, was giving a tour of the Everglades to an Indiana family on June 12 when a 9-foot alligator suddenly sank its teeth into his wrist, severing his hand. Six weeks later, Weatherholt faces a second-degree misdemeanor charge of feeding an alligator.


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