Posted on 07/02/2006 8:48:03 PM PDT by george76
I didn't even think- that's what scares me the most is that I just reacted."
Brent Carey is still reliving the horror of Sunday afternoon. What started as a relaxing day at the park with his girlfriend Jessica Turner and her dog Chance, ended in a battle against a ten foot gator.
I can't close my eyes without seeing that gator over Chance's head- it's awful, Turner says.
She says the full-grown gator grabbed Chance while he was in the water swimming and started dragging him away.
I could almost grab him and I thought I'm going to die right now, and Chance is probably already dead."
But that's when her boyfriend Brent sprang into action.
"I just ran off the bank jumped in the water and grabbed a hold of the first thing I could get a hold of," he says.
Brent grabbed the gator near it's back legs,causing it to release Chance from it's jawsbut not without a fight.
Once we'd gone under the water once stuff started setting in- the sheer girth of this thing it was so strong."
But the alligator kept fighting, leaving marks from the struggle all over Brent's arms and legs.
(Excerpt) Read more at wcsc.com ...
mcar delivered.
Dominos delivers.
LOL! LOL! LOL! I'm passing this picture on to friends! This is so funny. I love the cap!
Somewhere I bet there is a picture of the gator with Looter Guy's head.
That's priceless! LOL! Thanks for the link!
My dam pleasure.
I heard him on the radio this AM. I agree, this is great grand-kid material.
Ding dong. Avon calling.
I watched the video.That video (two minutes, 48 seconds) is HERE:They make a cute couple.
This would be a great story to tell the grandkids......
http://clipeditor.shadowtv.com/videos/clipeditor/client15224/stv_wcsc-hi_20060629_051722_1151577572949.wmv
Yeah right, Florida would cease to exist if they offed all the gators. Just like the lower forty eight states ceased to exist when they hunted the wolves to near extinction, and Africa has ceased to exist since they decimated the lion population and kept the remaining ones in government parks.
Almost all the shore birds nest over gator habitat, the gators are a vital part of that chain. Gator wallows in some parts of the state provide water for many other species, gators are a vital part of that chain.
I've been in Florida for almost 60 years, I stay here because I like it. If I did not like it, I would leave.
Brent grabbed the gator near it's back legs,causing it to release Chance from it's jawsbut not without a fight.
Let's see, he grabbed the gator near it's back legs, and won the fight. I wonder where he grabbed it? :)
Very true, we are nothing but the very newest surface scum to the earth, the earth has always done it wants to when it wants to, but what makes you think humans are civilized?
Tastes like chicken ping.
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