 In the late 1990s, Puig worked with Mehgan Heaney-Grier and Mark Rackley, both in training Grier as a free diver and in filming underwater encounters with animals such as alligators and sharks.Rackley worked as a spearfisherman and underwater videographer.Puig had experience as an animal handler on movie sets and had learned how to ride and handle alligators in their environment.