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Golfer attacked by alligator in New Port Richey (Florida)
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| 02/14/2007
Posted on 02/14/2007 8:06:51 AM PST by devane617
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When I lived in Trinity (NPR,FL) I had a huge lake behind my house. My garage was detached, and in the back, less that 5 feet from the water. Anytime I parked my car in the driveway, I was always on alert for alligators. The previous owner lost a dog in the exact spot.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:06:53 AM PST
by
devane617
To: devane617
Sand traps be dammed, now there is a real hazard...aka Redneck Golf.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:10:03 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: devane617
"reportedly bit on the foot by a seven-foot alligator..."
He'll need new golf shoes, cause he has a hole in one.
To: devane617
I would have eaten the stroke but I'm not an avid golfer.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:11:12 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: devane617
Pasco Fire Rescue responded to the golf course at about 10 a.m. and treated the man for what authorities called minor injuries. ...the golf course maintenance crew was then called in to cover particular areas with kitty litter
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:11:37 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: devane617
I live on a golf course in Pinellas. We have gators in all our lakes and water hazards. If the guy was bit on the foot, he had to have stepped pretty near the water or in the water, or wasn't paying attention to a gator that was sunning itself (usually they head for the water when you get close.)
You'd be surprised at the number of golfers I see reach into the water to retrieve a ball....dumb, dumb, dumb!!!
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:12:32 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: devane617
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Damn alligator bit my hand off!
To: mainepatsfan
Might I suggest.....
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:14:35 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: devane617
You better know what you're doing when you come golfing down here.
We don't put up with no divots.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:14:59 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(¡El proletariado del mundo, une! - Xuygo Chavez)
To: devane617
Year of the Gators! Football, Basketball and now dominating FULL CONTACT GOLF!!
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:17:00 AM PST
by
YouPosting2Me
(My Mission: Get 'Millee' to start using a Tagline again...)
To: devane617
To: devane617
He should have let the alligator play through. I don't like slow golfers either.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:17:12 AM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(Austin TX. is the home of STUPID people.)
To: Arrowhead1952
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:19:04 AM PST
by
nfldgirl
To: dawn53
I played golf on Sunday. Got paired up with a snowbird from Canada. He hit his ball into a soggy, grassy area near a swamp filled with water moccasins, cottonmouths, gators, leeches, etc., and wanted to go look for it. I asked him if I could have his clubs if he didn't make it out alive. I guess he had a change of heart because he played a drop instead.
To: devane617
When I first moved to Port Richey, I was given two pieces of advice by a native:
1) If you see a sign of lighting or thunder anywhere, get into shelter immediately. We are the lightning capital of the world. People get hit here all the time.
2) Never go near a pond of water. The odds are something that wants to eat you is in it.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:22:19 AM PST
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: devane617
Well I don't care much for golf or golfers, but I don't go around biting them! Sounds to me like this alleged rogue alligator needs sensitivity training, pronto.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:22:59 AM PST
by
Dysart
To: AppyPappy
As an avid golfer I would like to know if he finished the hole?
Also I hope the course will now go ahead and increase the slope rating on the course after the incident.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:23:13 AM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: MaryFromMichigan
To: devane617
The golfer's alligator shoes were quite simply a provocation that no self-respecting 'gator could ignore.
To: highimpact
From what I've heard about the Canadians that migrate to Florida in the winter they have a habit of being real cheap when tipping so not going after the golf ball really surprises me.
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posted on
02/14/2007 8:27:26 AM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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