Bull says she hasn't watched the video, but she thinks her left hand slipped away and the alligator grabbed it in a feeding response. "Everything was going pretty normal, nothing unusual for interactions between me and Darth," Bull told CNN. At first, she thought the alligator would do a quick bite and release, but then she felt it bite down harder. Bull climbed into the alligator's enclosure and wrapped her legs around him because she wanted to be able to move with him in the water. Doctors operated on her hand on Saturday and put her on an aggressive antibiotic treatment to prevent infection, Bull said.

Source: CNN August 17, 2021 22:18 UTC