Saturday at Lake Mary Jane in Moss Park in Orlando.

The story invited skepticism: With an alligator’s jaws encasing her left knee, a 10-year-old Florida girl did the only thing that made sense, a parks official said.
“She was able to pry the alligator’s mouth open and remove her leg,” said Katie Purcell, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in a statement about the att@ack, which happened shortly after 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lake Mary Jane in Moss Park in Orlando.

But an expert on alligator bite force said Monday that it seemed unlikely a child would be able to force open jaws that could easily have conveyed 1,000 pounds of force. Purcell, responding Monday to an email seeking clarification, said she had no further details to provide about the att@ack.

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