Video: '˜Terrified' Scots angler battles with alligator
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Stephen McMillan, 36, was on a fishing trip on holiday in the US and hoping to catch some bass with an imitation bait that looked like a rubber fish.
But instead of a quiet afternoon on the water, he was left battling with a 6ft alligator which had followed him before clinging onto his bait.
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Hide AdMr McMillan, a shopkeeper, fought the beast for 15 minutes and reeled it in while it spun around, hissed and showed off its razor-sharp teeth.
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He said his wife would never have believed the terrifying incident which happened on a lake near Kissimmee, near Orlando, Florida.
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