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Bystander wrestles alligator after it attacks animal trainer at children’s birthday party
https://globalnews.ca ^ | Aug 18, 2021

Posted on 08/18/2021 10:45:11 AM PDT by 11th_VA

A guest at a reptile center in West Valley City, Utah jumped into an enclosure to rescue an animal trainer who was pulled in by an alligator at a children’s birthday party on Aug. 14, in a shocking video that was captured by the guest’s wife

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KEYWORDS: alligators; gatorbait; gogators; toxicmasculinity
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1 posted on 08/18/2021 10:45:11 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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Thsts gonna make a great bar story


2 posted on 08/18/2021 10:49:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Petting zoos aren’t what they used to be.


3 posted on 08/18/2021 10:50:24 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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Why in the heck did the management allow that man to fend for himself after the woman got free? Surely they have protocols in place for that sort of incident.

On the upside, that guys’s children have a story to tell their friends featuring their brave dad, the alligator wrestler who saved the damsel in distress.


4 posted on 08/18/2021 10:51:58 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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All the gator wanted was a hand sammich..


5 posted on 08/18/2021 10:53:02 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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Bringing an alligator to a children’s birthday party.
Am I wrong in thinking that’s incredibly stupid?


6 posted on 08/18/2021 10:53:14 AM PDT by Signalman
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I don’t think it makes much sense.


7 posted on 08/18/2021 10:54:44 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Must be a “heavy petting” zoo.


8 posted on 08/18/2021 10:55:36 AM PDT by NativeSon ( )
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Everytime I read another article about that story, I wonder what would the trainer have done if no one else happened to be around. Or if no one was there who felt confident enough to jump into that tiny pool and wrestle the gator?

Personally, I would not have jumped in. I would have tried to get help into that area for her. I can barely swim in the first place, let alone while wrestling some wild and hungry beast underwater.


9 posted on 08/18/2021 10:56:02 AM PDT by lee martell
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:)


10 posted on 08/18/2021 10:57:33 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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Didn’t want to watch finally popped on inside edition last night.

The young lady has moxy dealing with beasts like that. I wouldn’t do it.


11 posted on 08/18/2021 10:57:54 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say )
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Maybe having a gun available at this event would be a good decision. I would question the authenticity of this but the guy had his hand stuck in the alligator’s mouth.


12 posted on 08/18/2021 10:58:21 AM PDT by Starstruck ( Since I'm old I don't whether I'm senile or brilliant. Or happily both.)
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13 posted on 08/18/2021 10:59:00 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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What happened to holding bunny rabbits?


14 posted on 08/18/2021 11:00:11 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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RIP Steve, and Go Gators!
15 posted on 08/18/2021 11:00:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I’d like to see Stacey Abrams tackle one. Just to see if she fights dirty like in politics.


16 posted on 08/18/2021 11:01:36 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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I think they brought the party to the aquarium, not the other way around.


17 posted on 08/18/2021 11:01:59 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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Out of fashion: pony at kids birthday
New hotness: alligator at kids birthday


18 posted on 08/18/2021 11:08:10 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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19 posted on 08/18/2021 11:09:27 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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Toxic Masculinity > Girl Power


20 posted on 08/18/2021 11:10:08 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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