Posted on 07/23/2006 8:10:39 PM PDT by Stoat
I have also heard that one reason gators attack is that they have been fed by the locals who think that they are like a stylish pet. The gators become accustomed to being near and around people and begin to consider them as a valid entree item, because they associate food with them.
I'm sure that this may only be one small part of the reason though and your points are well taken.
Good job, kid!! Add to this the freeper in Canada who just stabbed an attacking black bear to death with his hunting knife and it's been a good week for humans fighting off predatory critters.
PETA ping.... animal cruelty!
Liberals everywhere are devastated.
Note to self...don't go to remote areas after dark throwing things into strange, dark bodies of water.
Where I grew up they had this ol' swimmin' hole that had alligators and crocodiles and sharks and moray eels and pirhanas and aardvarks. As long as you stayed on your side of the hole, they never bothered you
Sounds quite likely :-)
The kid will keep the full truth of what happened as a secret until the day he dies, I'm sure; and the gator certainly won't tell. :-)
LOL
I really had no idea -- 20 years in Florida, by the way -- that alligators were this aggressive. No idea.
This should be a little easier than the usual alligator hunt after an attack. This one only has one good eye left!
Corey's mom is lucky to have him alive and well this evening. I hope that next Saturday night she has her 16-year-old in the house at midnight.
More than likely the gator will spit a Yankee out.
<<< making note to self in Stoat Notebook. "Always stay on my designated side when visiting any piranha / aardvark pond"
That is my most fervent hope... as a "damn Yankee" I have absolutely ZERO interest in spoiling the local cuisine or causing any honorable Southern gator to experience a bout of bad gas from unexpected digestive issues :-)
"...and the gator certainly won't tell..."
are you kidding, the other gators would let him hear the end of it.. "Dude, you fell for the thumb to the eye? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" : )
This should be a little easier than the usual alligator hunt after an attack. This one only has one good eye left!
As long as he doesn't take a quick swim over to his Optometrist's and get a stylish glass eye... :-)
Corey's mom is lucky to have him alive and well this evening. I hope that next Saturday night she has her 16-year-old in the house at midnight.
I think that if she doesn't it would be grounds for having her declared legally insane.
ROTFLMAO!!!
The gators near where you live are the 'stealth' variety....they are waiting for you to gain some weight before they designate you as a valid entree item :-)
I guess this kid didn't see Lord of the Rings :-)
"Where I grew up they had this ol' swimmin' hole that had alligators and crocodiles and sharks and moray eels and pirhanas and aardvarks."
hurumph - yeah, round these parts, that woulda been the swimmin' hole for pansys. Our swimmin' hole for real men has fresh water Great White Sharks, barracuda, 150 foot long giant anacondas and boas, and wandering the banks are occasional T-Rexes looking for a quick easy snack.
;^D
hehehe...I'm sure he's going to do all his drinking by the Dairy Queen now like everyone else ;-)
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