Teen Uses Discovery Channel Tip To Escape Alligator Attack

"For some reason, I remembered a couple of months ago I was watching the television show and they were saying in certain situations whenever you are in, you have to put your thumb in its eye since it is the most sensitive part on the alligator," Workman told Local 6 News Monday. "It was the first thing I did."Workman poked the alligator in the eye with his thumb as he was told to do on the television show.His mom said the lesson of poking at the alligator's eye saved her son's life, Garcia said.

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