Gator attack

[MaxMan]

When I saw this I thought about the times I have been iin a canoe with gators in the water.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...e-grabbed-woman/ar-AA1HtMn9?ocid=BingNewsSerp

 

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[Jeepnik]

The photo of the gator on McDill's flight line brought back memories of fifty years ago. While stationed at Eglin AFB we regularly had to chase gators off the roads. But at the time they were still protected so they couldn't be harmed. Technically you weren't supposed to "harass" them either.

The usual scenario was the sky cops would respond and make noise or drive close to the gator to get it to go back in the water. But the gators learned it was all just a minor irritation and ignore their efforts. Then we'd rolls crash truck out and hose it down. That always worked.

It wasn't uncommon then for gators to show up in any body of water, from golf course water features to backyard pools. We had one show up in our apartment complex pool. But it turned out it was the complexes "pet" gator some drunk GI's had put there.

 

[MaxMan]

Golf course gate. Looking for a 3 course meal?

 

[s4s4u]

I saw a clip of a tournament a few weeks ago where one of the golfers used an iron to coerce a gator off the short grass.

 

[Jeepnik]

And folks wonder why they get ate. Gators have been around a lot longer than man. If some idiot thinks they are going to dissuade millions of years of survival instincts with a golf club they deserve to get ate.

 

[Fox Mike]

If that fool thinks he is far enough away he could be in for a serious and possibly fatal mistake if Mr. Gator turned on him. I have seen first hand just how quickly they can run.

 

[contender]

I've been in Central Fl., where they have plenty of gators. I've canoed a lot on the Withlacoochee River,, and saw quite a few.
I've also been scuba diving in springs where there were gators around. But most of those were under 7 ft.
I've also been diving in the Cooper River in SC with gators in the area. Only once did I have a good sized one "check me out," so to speak.
The one walking the golf course,, is a darn big one for sure.

And several years ago,, I had to deal with a nuisance gator with a permit to remove it,, but it wasn't over 7 ft.

I have a healthy respect for them, and give the bigger ones plenty of space.

 

[Sam Summey]

My sister, who at the time lived at Hilton Head Island and vicinity. Her house was in a development that had fresh waster ponds, each of these ponds was surrounded by dinosaurs. Out side of the ring of dinosaurs was a grass strip and at the peak a paved walking path that people strolled walking their dogs. To my knowledge, no one ever was attacked, no pets lost. Now, when she lived in their condo, there was a lagoon adjacent to the pool area, a family arrived for vacation, turned their beagle loose to potty, beagle wandered over to the lagoon, bam, the beagle was a gator meal.

 

[MaxMan]

My neighbor has one in their pond. Don't know how it got there. Its about 30 inches long plays havoc wisth the ducks. You can harass them. Shes off the deep end over it he doesn't care. FWC will come and get it at 4 feet.

 

[Cyrus]

I will never understand people who willingly share water with these things. Just like I never understood how people (my MIL) could pose with a tiger for a photo.

Does that make me a chicken? Happy to be one.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I used to watch in bewilderment at folks when they told their children to get out of the car and go stand over there so they could get a picture with their kid near a polar bear.
Usually they were eating on an old stinker and probably not all that dangerous but it was still taking a chance.

 

[MaxMan]

A loong time ago at Lion Country the lions could come up to your car, they even rented cars to people with convertibles as they were not allowed. The last time we went the lions were in cages behind a fence. Either the lawyers or too many contestants for the Darwin awards.

 

[Mobuck]

Maybe we're just 'backward' out here in rural America but the S-S-S rule is applied to large predators if/when their presence is discovered.
Several years back an Amish community conducted a 'hunt' for a suspected cougar in their community. Killed the cat and had the local TV station there before the bunny cops arrived. Conservation Commission couldn't deny the cat's presence nor could they ticket the entire community and the problem was solved.

 

[gnappi]

A lady who worked with my ex-wife had her son killed by a gator while they were at Jonathan Dickinson State park in 1993. From that day on when I fish the lakes and canals in south Florida I do not put my feet in the water, and keep a S&W 624 .44 special in a cross draw holster so I don't even have to drop my rod. I've had several gators grab my frog lure and get too close for comfort to me.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/20/Gator-kills-10-year-old-boy/6292740548800/

 

[MaxMan]

A lady who worked with my ex-wife had her son killed by a gator while they were at Jonathan Dickinson State park in 1993. From that day on when I fish the lakes and canals in south Florida I do not put my feet in the water, and keep a S&W 624 .44 special in a cross draw holster so I don't even have to drop my rod. I've had several gators grab my frog lure and get too close for comfort to me.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/20/Gator-kills-10-year-old-boy/6292740548800/

There was 10 year killed on the canoe trip down the Loxahatchee River, Is the tragedy you are talking about. And yes the gators like frogs, real and lures, Have lost a few myself. Anymore when you go out especially out out, I think the two-legged varmints are the big danger.

 

[Fox Mike]

Maybe we're just 'backward' out here in rural America but the S-S-S rule is applied to large predators

S.S.S rule ???? What has this post to due with triangles?