If I Fall in the Lake, Will the Alligators Get Me?

I A friend took a picture of an alligator at his bayfront house about the same time. I had always thought there weren't gators in the bay, but I was wrong. It hasn't stopped us from jumping in off our dock, swimming around, tubing or other fun boat stuff.

Every so often, they have to trap nuisance gators that plant themselves too close to the parks in Boggy Bayou or by the swimming beach at Eglin AFB.

Hey Mermaid....maybe the good people of Seacrest will let you pracrice in that huge cement pond they have over there!!! Just watch out for the water rats wearing diapers!

Every so often, they have to trap nuisance gators that plant themselves too close to the parks in Boggy Bayou or by the swimming beach at Eglin AFB.

Yep, they "trap" them, and then the trapper gets to kill the gator, eat the meat and sell the hides.

If I were an alligator...I may make the same route. Sounds like a fun weekend to me! :clap_1:

I think I did follow that route last May It was a lot of fun from what I remember.

I had an up close and personal encounter with a big alligator....on the lake behind the Pinkstons, in Grayton. (I'm not sure about west lake, east lake and all the official names of these places are, I just know where they physically are) I was crabbing, leaning down over the side of the pier, on my knees....and I had a tug on my string, so I start to pul it up slowly, got my net ready to scoop up my crab, much to my surprise, me and Mr Gator was almost nose to nose. Honestly I think I scared him as much as he scared me. I was about 10 then, and I went right back to crabbing.....now I would probably pass out!

I'm a Pinkston. Let's see, you were 10...that must of been 1973. That was probably my Grandaddy's gator, Jack Daniels. He used to feed him marshmallows every evening. Very dangerous to do that! There has been a lot of crabbing off that dock!

Well...it's a toss up since no one at Grayton has been attacked by either (that I know of). Guess you'd have to check the stats for Florida. Let's see who can find the answer the fastest...go Kurt.

http://www.sanibel-captiva.org/biz/news/alligators.html

Here is one article from 2004. It says that at that time only 14 people had been killed by alligators since 1971.

http://www.sanibel-captiva.org/biz/news/alligators.html

Here is one article from 2004. It says that at that time only 14 people had been killed by alligators since 1971.

I bet more people die from eating bad oysters.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/reptiles/gators_living.html

Here's one more. That's all I'm doing! Must WORK!!!

There are a couple of gators that hang out behind my house...

Rule of thumb: Is (insert wildlife species here) found in SoWal? Does it bite?Yes, and yes. But the second yes is usually only if you pester it, or it's really, really hungry.

ALABAMA is going to see alot of gators on OCT. 1. I sure hope we can beat them!!!!!

It says that at that time only 14 people had been killed by alligators since 1971.

I bet more people die from eating bad oysters.

135 people every year die of coconuts falling on their heads.



just keep telling yourself "it's safer than coconuts."

Personally, I am much more afraid of the squirrels, which like to throw the rock hard green pinecones from the tree tops, than any alligator that may be hanging out in our lakes. My odds of dying would be much greater given the fact that if the squirrels conked me on the head with a pine cone and knocked me out, the many fireants would be all over me like white on rice. Someone would have to go underground to find my many little bitty pieces.

Personally, I am much more afraid of the squirrels, which like to throw the rock hard green pinecones from the tree tops, than any alligator that may be hanging out in our lakes. My odds of dying would be much greater given the fact that if the squirrels conked me on the head with a pine cone and knocked me out, the many fireants would be all over me like white on rice. Someone would have to go underground to find my many little bitty pieces.

Sounds like fuel for a Steven King book/film...

135 people every year die of coconuts falling on their heads.



just keep telling yourself "it's safer than coconuts."

"I like coconuts, break them open, they smell like ladies, lying in the sun."

"I like coconuts, break them open, they smell like ladies, lying in the sun."

"If I had my way...I'd give a coconut to everyone."

"If I had my way...I'd give a coconut to everyone."

Amen!

I'm a Pinkston. Let's see, you were 10...that must of been 1973. That was probably my Grandaddy's gator, Jack Daniels. He used to feed him marshmallows every evening. Very dangerous to do that! There has been a lot of crabbing off that dock!

I remember a sign about not hurting the pet gator....I loved Mr Pinkston, he used to visit with me when I crabbed, once I caught a 'grandaddy' crab...biggest I had ever saw, He said the biggest ever caught off of that dock! I told that story for years. Along with the gator one of course.