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Man Is Killed by Alligator in Texas While Swimming, Despite Warnings From Local Officials Not to
ktla
Posted on 07/04/2015 1:32:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Orange County Police were called to Burkart’s Marina near the Louisiana state line early Friday morning....
Orange County Justice of the Peace Rodney Price told CNN affiliate KFDM that Woodward ignored verbal warnings and a posted “No Swimming Alligators” sign and seemed to mock the deadly creatures before going in the water.
“He removed his shirt, removed his billfold … someone shouted a warning and he said ‘blank the alligators’ and jumped into the water and almost immediately yelled for help,” Price said.
The “No Swimming Alligators” sign was posted this week after a 10-foot alligator was spotted in the bayou waters.
Witness heard ‘An alligator’s got him’
“Please do not go swimming, there’s a bigger alligator out here. Just please stay out of the water,” witness and marina employee Michelle Wright said she told Woodward.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: alligator; swimming; texas; unngh; wildlife
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To: HonkyTonkMan
I agree, it must have been terrifying being with him. They’re lucky they weren’t found dead in the bayou while he told their families, “Huh? Sorry, they were never with me ...”.
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:21:10 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
To: driftless2
I live in Houston, the pond I was speaking of is in Brazoria County south of Houston.
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:21:53 PM PDT
by
Ditter
( God Bless Texas!)
To: Tax-chick
Yep! My guess he was not a local or he built up some liquid courage to jump in there. They said one gal jumped in after him. Whew that’s tough!
To: Ditter
What is the gator population of that part of the country? I was surprised to learn there were gators as far west as Waco and as north as Dallas.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:28:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
It’s the ones on land you have to watch out for.
To: driftless2
I don't know what the alligator population is in Brazoria county but I do know they spread in flood waters from one pond or creek to the next. There was even one spotted in the ditch along the road to our place.
We are on Oyster Creek and we lived there from 1964 till1979 and I never saw an alligator there in that time but I know they were there. I did see a huge one on a lake over near the Brazos River. There are undoubtedly more now.
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:35:21 PM PDT
by
Ditter
( God Bless Texas!)
To: umgud
He thought the warning was such a “croc”!
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:36:32 PM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(No white, no black,no slave or free,just washed in the red that Messiah bled!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:37:50 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: BenLurkin
This will be a good year for the Darwin awards.
To: mdmathis6
Never really fear the alligators here in Florida but did hate ligators!
They can be a pain in the *ss!
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:46:09 PM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
To: JohnnyP
`There And Back Again: My Incredible Journey
Through A Bear's GI Tract' Bilbo I.M. Kooky, Phd
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:48:17 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: mdmathis6
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:49:14 PM PDT
by
umgud
(When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
To: BBell
One or two more IQ points and that boy could take on Jeb Bush!
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:56:00 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: GOYAKLA
"I hate ligators"
...and I hate most litigators!
Leni
To: BBell
Poor Gator. Hope it doesn’t get too sick.
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:57:48 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Flag_This
Let's Eat, Swimmers!
Let's Eat Swimmers!
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posted on
07/04/2015 2:59:28 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: BenLurkin
Even explorers needed luggage and shoes!
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posted on
07/04/2015 3:00:13 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: deport; shibumi
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posted on
07/04/2015 3:03:18 PM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Vlad Tepes was a piker.)
To: shibumi
LOL...sounds like sound advice!
ESPECIALLY don’t swim in the ocean with wire whisks attached to your ears...the sharks can use them to make hollandaise sauce to pour over you!
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posted on
07/04/2015 3:04:34 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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