The splash wasn\u2019t the terrifying part. It was what moved in the dark water next. A suspected drunk driver, desperate to dodge handcuffs, hurled himself off a Louisiana interstate and straight into a swamp he thought would hide him. Instead, he collided with something alive, powerful, and hungry. As deputies closed in, the water explo<\/p>\n
He had already pushed his luck once, swerving across the highway, smashing a concrete barrier, shredding a tire. When blue lights flashed behind him, Victor Rivas chose flight over surrender, bolting from his wrecked Toyota and leaping from Interstate 310 into the murky Louisiana swamp below. In the darkness, his plan lasted only seconds. Moving blindly through waist\u2011deep water and thick brush, he suddenly met the one force less forgiving than the law: an alligator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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