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Avant, were you traumatized a little by it?
Or at that age was there a certain 'coolness' attached to witnessing it?
posted by
Cringe
on July 24, 2006 at 2:02 AM
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Shelly
I don't think that would have angered them. Their brains are so primitive. I've hooked them with topwater bait to see if I could reel them under. They just go under and pull like hell. You get your bait back with the hooks bent out.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 24, 2006 at 2:02 AM
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Cringe
I witnessed a guy shooting at another guy with a .25, one day when we were leaving school. I was at the back of the bus, and he was parked just behind and to the right. He jumped out and starting firing at another guy, who was across the street. I don't think he was hit, but he sure was ducking!
posted by
avant-garde
on July 24, 2006 at 2:01 AM
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blackcat
That was a close call.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 24, 2006 at 1:59 AM
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Witnessing one, I meant, not actually being involved in one.
posted by
Cringe
on July 23, 2006 at 1:56 PM
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Close call.
I thankfully avoided a stabbing one night, I didn't know anything had happened at the further end of the street until I heard about it the following day.
Weird the way things happen.
posted by
Cringe
on July 23, 2006 at 1:56 PM
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While vacationing in Florida, a friend of mine visited the swap to see
the gators. She threw rocks at them to see what they would do. I just asked her....WHY?????
posted by
shelly_b
on July 23, 2006 at 8:41 AM
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Yikes.
posted by
-blackcat
on July 23, 2006 at 6:49 AM
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Blanche
Well, I had on a ski vest, so we just kind of jumped in. I was kicking once and hit something underneath, and about jumped out of my skin! As far as I know, they stay submerged until the coast is clear.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 5:03 AM
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Avant-Garde, I'll take your word for that, but I'd probably keel over from
coronary anyway, at the sight, so it's a moot point. I'm guessing you didn't dive into the water and the gators just eventually went away on their own?
posted by
Blanche.
on July 23, 2006 at 4:20 AM
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Whacky
It's their docile nature that is the most unnerving. They sidle up to you and just sit there. Their eyes show no emotion. There is no hint as to when and what they are going to do.
My dad and I went fishing one night out there. I was on a dock, and all of a sudden, we heard the awfulest commotion coming from the trash cans nearby. There were two of them ransacking the place, and I was stuck on the end of the dock, with nowhere to go but in the water!
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:44 AM
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Rumored
I watch out for mama anything. Bears especially!
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:42 AM
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Mason
I think that people can be on the same wavelength and not realize it. Thanks for reading.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:41 AM
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Wiley
I like the sound of that. I've heard there are muskies and sturgeon that far north, as well.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:40 AM
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Justi
I've had many close calls. They did afford me many rich experiences.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:40 AM
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Moon
I have often felt miraculously protected. Thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:39 AM
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Blanche
I felt very fortunate to have seen and experienced nature as I have. I don't think an alligator would have bothered you, were you to have seen one that day. I've water skied in waters that contained them, and they pretty much remain out of sight.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 23, 2006 at 3:38 AM
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scary critters aren't they?
posted by
Whacky
on July 22, 2006 at 3:30 PM
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hmmmm..watch out for those mothers...gator mothers, that is..:)
posted by
Rumor
on July 22, 2006 at 2:14 PM
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..Wow! ..the syncronicity! ..lately and tonight I have been drawing
crocodiles and alligators! ..fascinating creatures... good post!
posted by
MasonGarrett
on July 22, 2006 at 2:00 PM
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avant-garde
Uh, c'mon north here and we'll go fishing my friend, no 'Gators here. lol
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 22, 2006 at 1:42 PM
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Avant Gard
Oh my goodness, you are a blessed man. I can tell why from your writing.
posted by
Justi
on July 22, 2006 at 12:09 PM
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Avant, the Unseen Hand is definitely with you. Moon_Spirit 
posted by
syzygy
on July 22, 2006 at 10:45 AM
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Avant-Garde, I'm glad you made it through your childhood, with all the wild
life you ran into. Alligators are like mythological creatures to me, we're not likely to run into any here in the NW, but when I still think how dumb it was of me (and my friend) on the one trip I made to Florida to snorkel up a creek to visit a dolphin holding pen. I thought the barricuda were bad enough, I don't even want to see an alligator live!
posted by
Blanche.
on July 22, 2006 at 9:31 AM
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TAPS
I would now. Then, I was around 11 and didn't know any better. I've seen the kind of damage they can inflict.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 22, 2006 at 7:41 AM
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Avant-garde, I'm afraid that I would avoid the remote corners when by myself in a place that I knew harbored alligators. Some of them are not all that docile. If you go to an alligator place for tourists there in FL, you can see some with parts of their body missing that were chewed off by their mates.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 22, 2006 at 6:37 AM
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YPunday
Yes. That's exactly what I did. I knew there were gators around, but I wasn't sure where. I wasn't going to take any chances.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 22, 2006 at 6:28 AM
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bel
I know better than to provoke them. I was trying to fish, and that rascal was right there! I like to have peed my pants.
posted by
avant-garde
on July 22, 2006 at 6:28 AM
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Reminds me of Australia's Crco hunter-- love your writing here- wild life
come alive. So the moral of the story is: Run First and confirm the gator's presence later!
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 22, 2006 at 6:11 AM
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Oh dear!!!!
Don't be teasing those gators!!!!! Ask Passion they can outrun a human for the first 20 feet (or is it yards?).
posted by
bel_1965
on July 22, 2006 at 6:03 AM
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