Florida man runs over 11-foot alligator with his truck after seeing it dragging his elderly neighbor into pond

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Florida man runs over 11-foot alligator with his truck after seeing it dragging his elderly neighbor into pond

A Florida man is being hailed as a hero after using his truck to run over an alligator that was dragging his neighbor into a pond in Collier County. Walter Rudder said he was driving his truck when he saw his friend and neighbor, Rick Fingeret, being attacked by an alligator in his neighborhood in Naples. “Driving, and we saw a man laying on the ground, waving his arms. We pulled over, and I got out of the car and saw that an alligator had him…