Massive alligator bites off homeless OAP’s TESTICLE and toes before he punches it in the face to escape while washing in a pond

A MASSIVE alligator attacked a homeless man while he was washing himself in a Florida pond - reportedly biting off his testicle, finger and toes.

Fredric Iman, 68, described how the nine-foot alligator grabbed hold of him from behind when he was taking his usual, morning bath on Monday in Port Charlotte.

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Speaking of his horrific ordeal from his hospital bed, he told :  “I tried to get it away, and it tried to pull me in.

“I turned around, and…punched it in the eye."

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He added: “You’re having a nice day one minute, and the next minute, you’re a bloody mess."

After being bitten several times on his left foot and leg, left hand, and groin, Iman managed to escape the gator’s jaws and trek up to a nearby surgery centre, where a worker called police.

“It ate his toes off,” the employee said, while speaking to a 911 operator.

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Paramedics reportedly arrived and airlifted the victim to a Fort Myers hospital.

Officials said his condition improved from serious to stable on Tuesday.

Strangely, Iman claimed he didn’t feel any pain during the attack, despite not being on medication.

It wasn’t until later that he realised the extent of his injuries.

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Iman said: “I was kind of in agony. What’s been getting to me emotionally is that I’m alone 24/7, 365. "And I think being a self-taught physical healing arts professional, I deserve better than that.”

Iman, who has been homeless for more than 20 years, said he’s been bathing in local ponds for the last decade since moving to Florida — and he doesn’t plan to stop now.

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He said: “It’s just what’s happened, and I gotta deal with it.

“I gotta get back out onto the street, missing a finger and two toes, you know that’s not real pleasant.”

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said the alligator was later removed from the pond — and was put down.

“I’m a little upset,” local resident Lisa Posten , in response to the creature being killed.

“People that live in Florida, they know not to go in these waters,” she said. “This is where these gators live.”

A version of this story originally appeared on .