LAND O'LAKES, Fla. -- A Florida woman jumped into action after an alligator dragged her puppy during a walk.

Danie Wright said she took her 4-month-old puppy for a walk along a creek behind her home when a 5-foot alligator bit her dog's collar and then dragged it underwater, WESH reported .

Wright said she continuously punched the gator's eye.

"I just punched and punched and punched, and I punched him in the eye enough that he kind of let go, like, he unclamped a little," Wright said. "But his teeth were like here and just dragged down my arm."

The gator was able to camouflage itself in floating water moss, which resembled turf. Wright said this was the first time she had seen an alligator in the area.

Trappers and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission came and caug

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