Posted on 08/07/2020 11:53:35 AM PDT by dsc
A Texas father rescued his 4-year-old daughter from a massive, 12-foot alligator by throwing her over his backyard fence, according to US media reports.
Andrew Grande’s daughter and son were playing with a babysitter behind their home, when Grande spotted the largest alligator he had ever seen heading toward his children, who were fishing and catching crabs near a canal. Suddenly, a nearly 600-pound alligator began approaching them.
Grande reportedly dashed from his home, grabbed his daughter and threw her over the fence, while his son and babysitter ran to the other side. The rescue was just in time.
The alligator continued to approach Grande, nearing his feet. The man also went to the other side of the fence, while the alligator lingered for 20 to 30 minutes. Grande said he was “not 100% sure” of the alligator's intentions, but “had a gut feeling that it wanted [his] daughter as a snack,” he told the Houston Chronicle. The Grande family contacted a game warden and local alligator hunter, who captured the alligator with the help of several other people.
The alligator has been relocated to Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park in Beaumont, Texas. Grande said he hopes to take his children to visit the alligator soon.
You don’t have to be faster than the “enter your dangerous animal here”_______, you just have to be faster than the other guy. ;^)
The alligator has been relocated to Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park in Beaumont, Texas. Grande said he hopes to take his children to visit the alligator soon.
It will be turned into a pair of boots and a belt. You can wear it...
“It will be turned into a pair of boots and a belt. You can wear it...”
I wish I could count on that. There are just too damn many gators swimming in the swamps.
I understand that increasing their numbers is a very popular idea in the dangerous idiot community.
Alligator Lives Matter! I can’t breathe!
What a misleading title
Heh.
Hilarious! That evoked a ‘LOL’.
“What a misleading title”
I beg your pardon?
Get off me, man. I dindu nuffin.
The man is just taunting the poor hungry beast!
I bet he intends to snatch away his daughter at the last second on that visit!
How cruel!
-—Get off me, man. I dindu nuffin.-—
Come on maaannnn.... what are you on crack?
At least they didn’t put their knees on the gator’s neck. o.O
“The man also went to the other side of the fence.”
Seems like a good idea.
Going to get a rifle might be an even better idea.
It’s OK, just send it to me, I’ll drink a toast to them! :^)
Now that is one good lookin gator.
He wasn’t sure of the alligator’s intentions?
“Hi. I’d like to give you this copy of The Watchtower magazine.”
Should’ve filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind.
[[Grande said he was “not 100% sure” of the alligator’s intentions,]]
He must work for the FBI Who ‘investigate’ muslims who commit acts of terror but can’t figure out a motive
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