Man told cops he wanted to ‘take on an alligator’ on Hilton Head. Was he hallucinating?

Island Packet ^ | JULY 12, 2024 2:34 PM | SEBASTIAN LEE

[Red Badger]

File Photo: An alligator suns itself at Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island. Staff photo After taking an excess of acid and avoiding sleep for multiple days a man took a swim in Jarvis Creek Park’s pond looking to fight an alligator.

At 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Hilton Head Island park about a man acting erratically and swimming in the pond. The man, who wasn’t arrested, told deputies that he was in the water and “wanted to see if he could take on an alligator,” the incident report says.

The man told deputies he had taken 10 tabs of acid on Monday and hadn’t slept in the past three nights. “(The man) was extremely emotionally disturbed and continuously displaying multiple personality types on a rotation. (The man) was hallucinating, seeing people who were not there,” the responding officer wrote in the police report.

The report does not reveal if the man’s potential alligator wrestling partner existed or if he was hallucinating the reptile. Nobody saw an alligator at or around the pond, sheriff’s office spokesperson Master Sgt. Danny Allen said.

After finding no drugs on the man, he was placed into emergency protective custody and taken to Hilton Head Island Hospital. There are no plans to charge him at this time.

[Red Badger]

Georgia Man competing with Florida Man.................

[Tom Tetroxide]

[nickcarraway]

I’d like to take on an alligator! What if he wanted to take on Commander?

[HerrBlucher]

After taking an excess of acid

Has the FDA informed us on how much acid we should be taking?

[VAFreedom]

didn’t know gators live this far north.

[Red Badger]

I don’t think there is a minimum daily requirement!.................

[rhinohunter]

Deputies were called to the … park about a man acting erratically and swimming in the pond. The man, who wasn’t arrested, told deputies that he was in the water and “wanted to see if he could take on an alligator,”

At this point Dr. Jill intervened and sent Joe to bed…

[Red Badger]

😂🤣😂🤣😂😁....................

[FamiliarFace]

Too funny!!

[V_TWIN]

"(The man) was hallucinating, seeing people who were not there"....well, that would explain it

[scrabblehack]

One was spotted near Myrtle Beach a few years ago, so it is possible.

[Billthedrill]

They should have let him. If it’s an imaginary alligator, no problemo. If it’s a real one, again, no problemo. I just don’t see a downside here.

[kabar]

Plenty of gators in Hilton Head. I walk past one every day.

[blueunicorn6]

Amos Moses was his name.

[Fireone]

Thanks for the ping!
A lot of great responses in this thread.

[M Kehoe]

Generally gators eat stupid people.
Keeps the gene pool clean

5.56mm

[Paal Gulli]

When he was a student at Harvard, William Randolph Hurst (the target of Orson Welles’ groundbreaking film, “Citizen Kane”) had a pet alligator that he named “Champagne Charlie.” Hurst allegedly took Charlie to class from time to time, walking it on a leash.

[Hiddigeigei]

"When he was a student at Harvard, William Randolph Hurst (the target of Orson Welles’ groundbreaking film, “Citizen Kane”) had a pet alligator that he named “Champagne Charlie."

Mentioning W. R. Hurst:
My mother's first job was as a cub reporter for a Hurst newspaper in Washington DC when she was just out of college shortly before WWI. She said Hurst was the best boss she every had.
She buttonholded Wilson coming out of church, got an interview and permission to come in the White House whenever she wanted. Hurst gave her a raise and promotion. She was a White House reporter up into the Roosevelt administration.