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There is a deep channel at Hillsbourgh Inlet - just below the lighthouse
Bud and his buddies used to jump from a small outboard onto rays in the inlet and take a ride
It leads into the Intercoastal Canal - which is full of sharks, barracudas - and after a hurricane - even big gators that got swept out into the Atlantic - even water moccasins -
Not unusual to see a huge gator crossing over AIA from the beach after a hurricane and bad flooding
We sometimes had gators in our flooded pastures many miles inland
Trapped between a big hungry PO’ed Brahma bull and a big hungry PO’ed gator makes for a fun day
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Lol, you had a ‘fun’ time when you were young! My days at Galveston were much more peaceful!