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A South Carolina diver has revealed how he fought off a 'massive' alligator with a screwdriver after the beast pulled him to the bottom of a river just as his tank of air was running out.
William Georgitis narrowly escaped with his life after the huge reptile attacked him on April 15.
The fossil hunter was at his usual spot in the Cooper River when he spotted the alligator which made a 'beeline' for him.
He realized the creature was about to try and roll him so grabbed it in a bearhug.
'I got my screwdriver that I use on the bottom of the river, and I stabbed him in the eye, and when I did that, he shook me like a ragdoll. Threw me off of him- I grabbed ahold of him because I didn't want him to roll again,' he told WCBD-TV.
William Georgitis fought off a 'massive' alligator with a screwdriver after the beast pulled him to the bottom of a river just as his tank of air was running out
He narrowly escaped with his life after the huge reptile attacked him on April 15
The fossil hunter was at his usual spot in the Cooper River when he spotted the alligator which made a 'beeline' for him
His arm was still clamped tightly in the gator's powerful jaws when it plunged 50 feet underwater taking Georgitis with it.
'At that point, he took me to the bottom, and I could tell because my ears started popping and it got real black, and I hit the bottom with my shoulders and my neck and I could feel his weight pressing down on
