Sometimes watching television can save your life.
Corey Workman, 16, was throwing sticks and rocks into a lake in a remote area of Florida when a 6 to 8 ft alligator jumped out of the water, grabbed his left foot and dragged him into the lake.
Corey struggled with the gator but couldn't get free until he remembered something he saw on the Discovery channel about what to do if you're attacked by an alligator.
With his thumb, he poked the alligator in the eye until the gator released him.
"If he was ever bitten by a shark, he (learned) to put his hand in its gills and if he was ever attacked by a gator, to take his thumb and poke his thumb all the way in his eye and the gator released him," mother Elisa Badger said. "Thank God he was able to maintain his composure and not panic. He knew exactly what to do."