A Florida woman lost her arm from a gruesome alligator attack, but Good Samaritans may have helped save her life, according to multiple reports. Head said of the alligator, "It was almost like a missile, and it would just kind of ... "By the time he arrived, the alligator had released the victim, and the commotion of the boat helped scare the reptile away," WOFL reported. However, the woman had to have her right arm amputated, WOFL reported. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a contracted Nuisance Alligator Trapper located and trapped a 9'8" alligator on Sunday.