India, April 5 -- A woman in Florida put her life on the line to save her beloved pet from a terrifying alligator attack during a routine evening walk. Kimberly Spencer, a Tampa resident and elementary school teacher, was walking her dog, Kona, near a pond in the Westwood Lakes neighbourhood when a 6-and-a-half-foot alligator suddenly lunged at them from the water, FOX 13 reported.

"I am always afraid of gators, snakes, you name it. I'm not a nature girl," Kimberly said. But on Tuesday, those fears were quickly cast aside when she realized her dog's life was in danger. "We went down. I didn't see anything to be worried about," she recalled. "All of a sudden, I heard a noise, and ten feet in, you could see. I saw its eyes, and I saw it tu...