When I was 20, a friend and I “borrowed” a full-grown, 6’ alligator from a small zoo in a northern state - no, we were not sober - with a grand prank planned that didn’t go as planned, tried another prank, that too didn’t work. Having not seen “Swamp People”, we knew nothing of how to handle alligators, and it’s a miracle we were not bitten. Carried gator in trunk of my ‘51 Ford Crestliner.
Let the gator go in a pone in heavy woods. End of story, right?
Nope. A creek ran from the pond to the largest lake in the state, gator took it to the lake, and lake dwellers freaked out seeing it in a state with no alligators, and they called for our hanging.
Ended up in newspaper headlines and on Walter Cronkite CBS and Huntley-Brinkley NBC evening news, a unique name was given us that sticks with me today.
We faced $6,000 in fines and 6 years in jail for 3 misdemeanors. After a long tongue-lashing by the judge I’m thinking we will get the electric chair.
He fined us each $35.
My first taste of the mercy of God........
Now THAT’s a story.
Great story!
“a unique name was given us that sticks with me today”
Inquiring minds would like to know?
Really? I never would have guessed!
“unique name was given us that sticks with me today.”
Gator boy?