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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida Man Loses His Arm In Alligator Attack, Then Survives Days Lost In A Swamp: ‘I’ve Never Been So Scared’ . . . . . . .

A Florida man lost his arm in a grizzly alligator attack, only to spend the next three days wandering the swamp looking for help. Eric Merda, 43, of Sarasota, was visiting the Lake Manatee Fish Camp ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WKRC/WTSP/CBS Newspath) - There have been at least a half dozen alligator attacks throughout the season around the Tampa Bay area. Eric Merda is one of those who lived to tell ...

Eric Merda didn’t see the eyes gliding toward him as he swam across a Florida lake in July. Not until it was too late. When he finally spotted the alligator, Merda tried to turn and swim the other way ...

Eric Merda meant to go exploring, but ended up in what he described as a nightmare survival story. By April Rubin Eric Merda didn’t usually have much free time between his irrigation service calls, ...

Eric Merda had just finished a maintenance job for his sprinkler company when he decided to spend a few days at the Manatee Fish Camp in Myakka City, Florida. He was swimming for almost three hours in ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – Eric Merda, 43, was attacked by an alligator while swimming across Lake Manatee in Florida in July. “I got startled and I decided to swim, she grabbed the outside of ...