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Barefoot Florida man wrangles big gator on Jacksonville highway
actionnewsjax.com ^ | April 29, 2025 | ActionNewsJax.com

Posted on 04/29/2025 5:27:33 AM PDT by V_TWIN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Why did this alligator cross the road? It was probably trying to get away from this guy.

Known as the Blue Collar Brawler, Mike Dragich helped Jacksonville police and Florida Fish & Wildlife on Sunday getting a big alligator off of a Southside road.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shared video on its Facebook page Monday.

JSO “joined forces with Florida Fish & Wildlife, the Florida Hoghway Patrol and none other than local gator-wrangling legend, the Blue Collar Brawler, to wrangle this beast off the road and keep everyone safe,” the post states. “Just another totally normal day in the Sunshine State.”

Florida man and MMA fighter Mike Dragich



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1 posted on 04/29/2025 5:27:33 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Red Badger

Badass Florida Man alligator ping!


2 posted on 04/29/2025 5:28:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

That is one nasty looking mouth! Dump a few bottles of mouthwash in there!


3 posted on 04/29/2025 5:32:17 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: dfwgator; EEGator; alligator; FamiliarFace; Fireone; V_TWIN; Clay Moore

GATOR PING!........................


4 posted on 04/29/2025 5:33:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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5 posted on 04/29/2025 5:33:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: V_TWIN

Seeing that twitchy type of male energy is getting more rare now days when even fighting is a crime and woman raised boys rarely move quickly and aggressively.


6 posted on 04/29/2025 5:41:17 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: V_TWIN

GO GATORS!


7 posted on 04/29/2025 5:42:53 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Bama fans haven’t had reason to fear the gators since the 2008 Florida Tebows. LOL


8 posted on 04/29/2025 5:45:52 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

The midget retired. The dynasty is over.


9 posted on 04/29/2025 5:50:29 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: V_TWIN

I wondered what had become of Jim Thompson.


10 posted on 04/29/2025 5:51:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: V_TWIN

A determined looking fella!


11 posted on 04/29/2025 5:53:03 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Should have called the crocodile hunter.

Oh, wait. Never mind.


12 posted on 04/29/2025 5:54:01 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: V_TWIN

I nominate him as Field Operations Director working for Tom Homan.


13 posted on 04/29/2025 5:55:09 AM PDT by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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Sit down on him Amos, make it count, son.


14 posted on 04/29/2025 5:57:37 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: V_TWIN

Florida Man has no comparison


15 posted on 04/29/2025 5:59:15 AM PDT by combat_boots
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To: FLT-bird

Bama went 7-6 in the “midget’s” first season in 2007. In DeBoer’s first season last year Bama went 9-4. So far, the new monster is tracking better than the last one.


16 posted on 04/29/2025 6:01:09 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

That’s ok, we’re still too busy enjoying our 3rd Basketball Natty.


17 posted on 04/29/2025 6:03:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Barefoot Florida man wrangles big gator on Jacksonville highway

Leave it to self-reliant, Can-Do Florida Man to hunt down the shoes that he needed.

18 posted on 04/29/2025 6:23:34 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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love alligators...so prehistoric looking. Awesome looking beasts.


19 posted on 04/29/2025 6:35:41 AM PDT by basalt (he "legacy")
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To: dfwgator

I LOVE THAT!


20 posted on 04/29/2025 6:53:48 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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