One-eyed gator pulls golfer into pond

CNN ^ | June 26, 2007

[rightwingintelligentsia]

VENICE, Florida (AP) -- A man who lost his ball in a golf course pond nearly lost a limb when a nearly 11-foot alligator latched on to his arm and pulled him in the water, authorities said.

Bruce Burger, 50, was trying to retrieve his ball Monday from a pond on the sixth hole at the Lake Venice Golf Club.

The alligator latched on to Burger's right forearm and pulled him in the pond, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Burger used his left arm to beat the reptile until it freed him.

"I saw him reach down to get his ball and he yelled" for help, said Janet Pallo, who was playing the fifth hole and ran over to drive the man to the clubhouse.

Burger, from Lenoir City, Tennessee, was taken to a hospital but was not seriously injured, Morse said Tuesday.

[Obadiah]

The Mullah Omar of alligators!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[Hi Heels]

Really! HAve a landmine trap, machine gun nest at the eighth hole.....

[robertpaulsen]

So what did he end up shooting?

[Egon]

and don’t forget the pretty snakes. How does it go “red touches yellow is a friendly fellow”?

Oh, geez!

I know you're being facetious, but lest anyone believe you:

"Red next to yellow will kill a fellow, red next to black is a friend to Jack"

[robertpaulsen]

Thank you, ever so much, for reminding me of that song. Now it’s banging around inside my head — just as it did back then.

[Hi Heels]

Rock on, babe. *snicker*

[Palladin]

I hate it when that happens.

[VRWCmember]

That's one good reason to always use one of these rather than reaching down into the water to get a ball:

[b4its2late]

Great song! I remember it well!

[robertpaulsen]

So YOU’RE the one holding up play with a pile of golf balls at your feet! Where’s a gator when you need one?

[Sapper26]

Did it cost him a stroke?

That experience might have given him one.

[robertpaulsen]

"Burger used his left arm to beat the reptile until it freed him."

If he had used a 3-iron to beat the reptile, would those strokes count?

[bannie]

My parents live just off of common place for the first whack at hole number 5 to land. We see lots of these:

[stainlessbanner]

Time to add the bangstick to his golf bag.

[Mr. Brightside]

Tubbs!

[Daffynition]

Right in the middle of mating season? This guy was CrAzY!

[NonValueAdded]

Don’t even joke about that and have the wrong saying get Googled ... please pull your post. Killed one near the house here in Fla. Y’all don’t have them up there; we do.

[Sherman Logan]

A man who lost his ball in a golf course pond

Forget to keep both hands over his dingaling.

[Turret Gunner A20]

re: #1 The One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater