Veteran Robert Lunay, 79, was saved by two people in Lealman after his wheelchair slipped in a pond and he rolled into the water on Friday night.
"Only thing I remember was being in the water, I don't know how I got in there, I must have got too close, because it was just getting dark," Lunay said.
Lunay said on his way home he often pulls into the pond to look at the water and watch for alligators.
"I'm not sure how I got into the water or how I lost my pants either...The gator ate em!" Lunay said.
Lunay said two men helped him out of the pond.
"Oh, I can't thank them enough, he got right in the water with all his clothes on, and held me up," said Lunay. "I was thanking them last night probably 20 times, you know, I don't know what I’d have done. Well, I probably wouldn't be here," said Lunay.
Lunay also said both his electric wheelchair and his cellphone both still work even though they were submerged in the water.