Posted on 07/02/2022 2:56:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An alligator was caught on camera approaching a group of golfers on a Florida course while a member of the party nonchalantly took his shot.
A video posted to Facebook by Melissa Walsh shows her husband, Michael West, lining up and taking his shot at the Heritage Landing Golf & Country Club in Punta Gorda while ignoring the alligator approaching him from the rear.
"I was lining up my approach shot from about 125 [yards] out. I knew he was coming up diagonally behind me," West told McClatchy News.
The rest of West's party laughed after he took the shot with the gator about 15 feet away.
"Hey man, we got a foursome. We're full. We're good," one of the golfers says in the video. "This guy decided he wants to join."
West said the alligator most likely was just curious while taking a walk.
"He was very likely headed to the bigger lake across the fairway," West said. "He was just going about his business. It was great. I get to have a dinosaur watch me play."
Florida Man has his priorities.
Focus!
Maybe the alligator š was a golf pro wanting to share a few tips?
The golfer? Or the Gator?
I learned to do that while practicing emergency room medicine.
I donāt golf. But makes fun sense, to me, if Florida golfers wore alligator golf shoes.
Did the alligator faint from the sheer awesomeness of the shot?
[someone needs to shop “whoa!” above the gator’s head before it flops down]
For years, Himself tried to convince me to move to Florida.
You know what is the best thing about the Appalachians?
No dinosaurs.
Ha ha! Probably both!
Alligators are now endemic to the entire state of Tennessee, per the state fish and wildlife department. This includes Appalachia.
I thought the golfer pulled out a piece from his bag [they don’t normally carry out on the course?] and squeezed off a round for effect.
GO GATORS!
Looks like BiXiden trying to catch Inflation.
Alligatorsā¦..
Good for shoes and luggage but nothing else.
The rest of West’s party laughed after he took the shot with the gator about 15 feet away.
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He’s a total idiot.
Alligators are nesting in late June and early July.
Tastes like Chicken...
What’s the Vmax on a ‘gator?
They put alligators on their shirts in Florida. Tough folks.
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