Another Gator

[BuilderFL]

Somewhere in Central Florida!

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/BuilderFL/biggator.jpg

[willy]

Yea I want that puppy in my back yard or local swimming hole :-/

[twistedparot]

thats iether a photoshop or a midget cop. i say photoshop cause the shadows dont work. plus looking at that rubber tire hoe and the back of that truck, that cop is about 3 feet tall.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Its true, but only 13'. Rumors were emailed it was way bigger.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/wcgator.asp


Welcome to 2005 BTW. ::)


;D

[THEFERMANATOR]

They do get big down here in FLORIDA though. I've got the head of a 13'2" monster in the living room. I may have to dig up the pictures of it crammed in the back of my dad's old 84 TOYOTA 4X4. He got him in 89 ???(not 100% certain on the year) in the gator hunt from LAKE HANCOCK outside of LAKELAND. He came in at 13 feet 2 inches, and weighed a bit over a 1000 pounds. So they do get big down here too.

[THEFERMANATOR]

This is a picture of a REAL central FLORIDA gator, he was 13'2" and 1000+ pounds.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/THEFERMANATOR/gator.jpg

[phatdaddy]

Thats an old back hoe, mid 80's case(?) with an "extend-a hoe"

oh yea, nice gator also..............

[spareparts]

I guess ya'll heard about the gator attack last weekend on Lake Moultrie, its only about 15 miles from the house. Some guy was snorkleing( can't image why anyone would snorkle in that lake) and a gator attacked him and ripped his arm off. He's in MUSC right now, in serious condition. Is SC's first reported gator attack ever. Pretty grusome :o

[phatdaddy]

maybe he migrated north with the coach

[spareparts]

rumor is that he was "noodleing", trying to catch cat fish by hand, swiming around sticking his hand in holes and old stumps. A customer of mine that lives up on the lake sent me some pics(kinda grusome), if ya'll want, I'll post them tomorrow, but don't say I did'nt warn ya

[spareparts]

please note, some of these pics may be disturbing to some of you(they're not that bad, but i wasn't my arm that got ripped off),Mister Moderator, feel free to remove these pics if anyone finds them offensive,or too disturbing, most of these pics have allready been circulated in the local media(including the front page of the news paper.

Ouch!
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/HPIM0990__t600.jpg

This isn't a photoshop crop, thats his arm in the gators mouth

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/attack_t600.jpg


I don't believe I'd be standing that close
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/Gator_21024x768.jpg

they cut the gator open to get the guys arm out

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/Gator_11024x768.jpg

transported the victim and his arm to MUSC

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/Alligator_Attack1826_t600.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/Alligator_Attack1824_t600.jpg

dead gator!
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/spareparts_photos/Alligator_Attack1835_t600.jpg


Last I heard (rumor), they were not able to reattach the guys arm, he is stable but in guarded condition

[tsubaki]

Glad they have hunting seasons on them here.
As for noodling, the DNR has posted in the fishing regulations basically making it legal here.
An employee of ours from Oklahoma asked if we noodle around here. My responce was only if your an idiot, between the moccasins, alligators and (threatened) alligator snapping turtles.
There ain't no way I'm wading around in the tea colored water and sticking my hand under boat ramps, in stump holes or river washouts.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/snapper3.jpg
They get well over 150lbs.

[Pipe_Dream]

Thanks for the pics, Spare. That was one big ol' gator.

Noodling? It's INSANE!

[bradford]

I would bet money that ol' Stinky Hooker knows somebody that is a noodler. ;D ;D

[Blue_Runner]

I know of some noodlers, but I'm not related to any.