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Florida fisherman has hand bitten off by 9ft alligator as he reels in fish

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A Florida fisherman is in hospital after a massive alligator bit off his hand near a golf course pond over the weekend.

The man, who has not been named, was reeling in a fish from in Leesburg, Lake County, when the nine-foot-long at him on Sunday.

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