It was supposed to be a typical Thursday for Venice, Florida, resident Mary Hollenback.
She was sitting in her living room and watching TV on March 28 when she heard a rattling noise at her screen door. At first, she thought nothing of it – maybe it was a neighbor.
We worked in Florida a lot. The one thing that was a guarantee, every body of fresh water has an alligator in it. Every single one. And don't think they can't survive in salt water, because they can do just fine, like the one who swam 14 miles through the Gulf just to bite a tourist on Dog Island a few years back. While you can work around them, situational awareness is important. Like one of my guys told me one day, "Them sumbitches don't have any rules." Eod1sg Ret
Many years ago, back in the 80s I believe, my brother got up one morning and was headed out to go to work, and realized that his front and only door was blocked by a fairly large gator. He was living in a cabin in a fish camp, and in addition to there only being one door, he also didn't have a phone at the time. So he tried making a little noise and doing whatever he could to drive it off, and when it didn't budge, he just went back to bed. Told his boss about it the next day when he was getting asked where he was. Boss said "Well why didn't you just shoot it?" My brother's response was that he didn't eat gator and didn't want to take the time to skin it and get rid of the rest of it. Times were different then.
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We worked in Florida a lot. The one thing that was a guarantee, every body of fresh water has an alligator in it. Every single one. And don't think they can't survive in salt water, because they can do just fine, like the one who swam 14 miles through the Gulf just to bite a tourist on Dog Island a few years back. While you can work around them, situational awareness is important. Like one of my guys told me one day, "Them sumbitches don't have any rules." Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteHuh. I moved there two years ago and that's about the most exciting thing that happened. Very sleepy here in God's waiting room.
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ReplyDeleteMany years ago, back in the 80s I believe, my brother got up one morning and was headed out to go to work, and realized that his front and only door was blocked by a fairly large gator. He was living in a cabin in a fish camp, and in addition to there only being one door, he also didn't have a phone at the time. So he tried making a little noise and doing whatever he could to drive it off, and when it didn't budge, he just went back to bed. Told his boss about it the next day when he was getting asked where he was. Boss said "Well why didn't you just shoot it?" My brother's response was that he didn't eat gator and didn't want to take the time to skin it and get rid of the rest of it. Times were different then.
ReplyDeleteDon't they do gumbo in Florida? In Louisiana they'd have a pot on the stove before the wildlife officers got there and have their fill.
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