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Florida Golfer Calmly Takes Shot While Alligator Approaches
UPI ^ | 7/2 | Ben Hooper

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."


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Sports
KEYWORDS: florida; gators; golf
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To: Albion Wilde

Perhaps, but I really want someone to insert a “Wow!” over his head right before he flops down.

;D


61 posted on 07/03/2022 9:05:43 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Salamander

LOL!


62 posted on 07/04/2022 6:36:36 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Government is the problem.” --Milton Friedman)
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