Posted on 11/05/2023 4:26:46 PM PST by george76
The crashed plane’s wing jetted out of the alligator and python-invested swamps of the Everglades just long enough for the pilot to survive. .
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA — After nine hours waiting on the wing of his downed plane in the Florida Everglades, a pilot was rescued by Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue. He was the only person aboard.
The plane was registered to a flight school in Homestead, Florida but the school called 911 after they lost contact with the pilot.
The plane was a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk 172M that began experiencing trouble close to I-75 in South Broward County. A little while later – around 4:00 am – the plane went down near U.S. 27.
Rescue crews were initially deployed with airboats, but they quickly realized that a helicopter would be required for the mission.
When the helicopter arrived, they found the pilot sitting on the wing of his plane just above water with a wound on his leg. The man was subsequently transported to Memorial Regional Hospital.
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EVERGLADES DANGER
The Florida Everglades – while one of Florida’s most treasured regions – is still largely untamed and dangerous.
Earlier this year, a wildlife photographer spotted a crocodile the length of a car – 14 feet – which the photographer dubbed “Croczilla.”
When crocodiles and alligators are at bay, the pilot and Everglades visitors likely would encounter non-native Burmese pythons.
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) now say that it is likely impossible to eradicate the growing Burmese python population in South Florida.
Each year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) sanctions the Florida Python Challenge which saw over 1,000 hunters from 32 states participate in 2022.
Has anybody ever walked through The Everglades? Would they survive? What if one decided to build a hut and live there?
Jutted seems to be a better description.
Indian tribes used to live in the Everglades. I do know overpopulation wasn’t a problem they experienced there.
The mosquitoes alone would drive you out.
2 guys I knew crashed in a tree in Michigan. One was stuck up there with broken bones for 3 days
They found the other under it where he’d died of a heart attack climbing down
The Seminoles did that for centuries. Of course, that was before the area was invaded by Burmese Pythons and New York carpetbaggers.
I used to camp there. I was told that at night if you were in the middle of the darkness in the everglades, and suddenly turned on a flashlight, you would see eyes everywhere looking at you. So I hiked into the swamps from my remote campsite after midnight, from my tent. I could hear the alligators making noise (a very distinctive sound) and decided to run back to my tent.
I've canoed in lake Florida in the everglades. Very interesting experience. The gators are everywhere, and they just sit there looking at you (..please let him flip the canoe and fall in the water, please..).
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I drove across Tamiami Trail a couple times. At mid point where the rest stop is, I was surprised to see so many people gearing up for overnight hikes
Miccosukee Tribe is small but they still live there.
We lived in Naples, had a vacation house in the Keys, flew over the Everglades all the time, and sometimes drove through. I had to be careful to close the moon roof or Pythons could drop in from the trees. We had an alligator in the pool one time, called animal control and they came, dropped gator back in the Glades.
People with cats could not leave them out with night or the gators would eat them.
Glad I had that adventure, glad I don’t any more.
> Has anybody ever walked through The Everglades? <
The Kingston Trio released a song about that. I don’t know if it was based on a true incident (probably not), but it sure is catchy.
https://youtu.be/us0pHqkUWOo?si=uCCI2RNKV9IpFf-0
You wanna get rid of the pythons?
Convince the hipster crowd they’re a delicacy and charge ‘em $100 dollars an entree.
Throw in some nutria spring rolls and you’ve solved 2 problems and gotten rich at the same time.
CC
Believe that should be “jutted out” rather than “jetted out” ...
Not walked through the entire glades but I have walked around some.
I grew up in Southeast Florida and use to go boar, (wild hogs) hunting with my uncle.
You are better off going at night in an airboat.
Why at night?
You can spot gators easier at night because of their glowing red eyes.😁
Btw: people who say that gator, (gator tail) taste like chicken are lying!
Gator meat is Nasty unless you bury it in bbq sauce!
It actually taste like the swampy waters it comes from!
(and any human it may have had for dinner)🤣
Lots of people live in the glades.
They are our state bird.🤣
(Just kidding) 😃
The MSM is awfully cavalier (and often as not, incorrect) with their usage of “crash.”
Reminiscent of the “planked Salmon” I enjoyed last week with a side of broccoli and roasted garlic.
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