Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds participated in robbing a man, slashing his neck, and tossing him off a bridge, deputies said. (Mug shot: Escambia County Sheriff’s Office)

In what deputies are construing as an “unorthodox date,” a man hung out with a woman and another individual that she introduced as her “uncle,” according to authorities. But this woman and the “uncle” allegedly turned on the victim, sliced his neck, and tossed him off a bridge.

The victim survived the attack and managed to find a deputy, says the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

The arrest affidavit against the defendants, Natalie Fonseca, 25, and Nafis Naim Reynolds, 31, is a convoluted tale because authorities describe the victim’s story as partially shifting during the investigation. They acknowledged he only spoke Spanish, so the language barrier complicated the efforts at communication, but at one point, an investigator pressed him on certain discrepancies between his story and surveillance footage.

Nonetheless, it’s clear from the sheriff’s office that he was badly injured. A deputy first encountered the victim — bloodied, his face bruised and swollen — on the morning of Oct. 8 at the Cumberland Farms parking lot along Scenic Highway, according to documents.

Authorities described the man as barefoot and hardly able to stand. Dried blood covered his face, neck and hands. There were deep lacerations on the front and sides of his neck.