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Man Bitten By Alligator After Trying To Lasso It
WFTV ^ | 8/30/04

Posted on 08/30/2004 7:50:44 AM PDT by harrycarey

Man Bitten By Alligator After Trying To Lasso It

POSTED: 6:44 am EDT August 30, 2004

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man is recovering from injuries after learning a painful lesson about alligators.

Dan Hornock tried to catch a gator in his backyard on Sunday. He lives off Lake Live Oak Drive in the Avalon Park development.

He went after the five-footer, but things didn't go well.

"So I tried to lasso it. I guess you could say, it didn't work," he explains.

"Do not try to remove an alligator yourself. It is absolutely 100 percent avoidable," says Kat Kelley, Florida Fish and Wildlife.

The gator took a bite out of Hornock’s hand, but he will be okay.

A trapper later caught the gator.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alligator; gatorbait; holdmubeer; idiot
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1 posted on 08/30/2004 7:50:45 AM PDT by harrycarey
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To: harrycarey

Some people have watched way too much TV.


2 posted on 08/30/2004 7:52:52 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I'm Conspiracy Guy and I approve this message. "John Kerry is a liar!")
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To: harrycarey

Crimey! Was he holding a baby in his arm when he tried it?

NeverGore :^)


3 posted on 08/30/2004 7:53:00 AM PDT by nevergore (“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
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To: harrycarey

Yeah. This is a real problem around my household also. Its really tough herding these things in the snow, so I usually let the little wife do it.


4 posted on 08/30/2004 7:53:38 AM PDT by petertare (truth, justice and the American way)
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To: harrycarey

I got stung by some wasps once when I shot their nest with my toy bow and arrow.


5 posted on 08/30/2004 7:54:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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6 posted on 08/30/2004 7:54:16 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: petertare
I usually let the little wife do it.

You 'da man!

7 posted on 08/30/2004 7:58:01 AM PDT by harrycarey
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To: Puppage

wow. Edwards' Wife is at LEAST as sexy as tar-aye-zah.

/sarcasm


8 posted on 08/30/2004 7:58:26 AM PDT by stompk
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Amos Moses?


9 posted on 08/30/2004 7:58:28 AM PDT by gdani
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Love that song.


10 posted on 08/30/2004 8:01:01 AM PDT by harrycarey
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The gator took a bite out of Hornock’s hand, but he will be okay.

I am glad to hear the gator will be okay :-)

11 posted on 08/30/2004 8:03:22 AM PDT by pikachu (The REAL script)
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To: stompk

You might say she's twice the woman Teresa is.


12 posted on 08/30/2004 8:05:25 AM PDT by VRWCmember (I actually ignored this thread before I posted to it. jfk, 08/2004)
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13 posted on 08/30/2004 8:06:43 AM PDT by harrycarey
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To: Puppage

14 posted on 08/30/2004 8:07:38 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (G W B 2004! Friends Don't Let Friends Vote For DemocRATS)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I got stung by some wasps once when I shot their nest with my toy bow and arrow.

Important Safety Tip: They HATE it when you shoot paintballs at them. Trust me on this.

15 posted on 08/30/2004 8:08:14 AM PDT by asgardshill (The Republican's best weapon lies midway between John Kerry's nose and lower chin.)
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"Do not try to remove an alligator yourself. It is absolutely 100 percent avoidable."

I can proudly say that I have totally avoided alligator-removal. Then again, I live in upstate NY.

16 posted on 08/30/2004 8:08:19 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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"You might say she's twice the woman Teresa is."

LOL !!!!! ha !


17 posted on 08/30/2004 8:08:54 AM PDT by stompk
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"I can proudly say that I have totally avoided alligator-removal. Then again, I live in upstate NY."

I've been pretty successful avoiding them here in Colorado too. of course I'd be more inclined to practice ".30 caliber catch and release"


18 posted on 08/30/2004 8:10:31 AM PDT by stompk
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To: Puppage

Who's that overweight woman next to Edwards? Is that his wife?


19 posted on 08/30/2004 8:11:21 AM PDT by shiva
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To: harrycarey

It's easy.........Take a roasting chicken, thawed, and place a few phenobarbitol or thorazine's(or pretty much anything that ends with "zine".....) under the skin of the chicken. When the gator grabs the chicken, it will take it to the water to eat it. The gator will drown after the drugs kick in and you'll have nobody implicating you. Once a gator hangs around housing, it will only get worse. They are like bears and garbage cans, only the gator eats your dog, cat, or child.


20 posted on 08/30/2004 8:13:48 AM PDT by blackdog (Hell is an endless hayfield needing to be raked, baled, and put up.)
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