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Smokie
12-13-2004, 12:29 PM
A little Florida gator carries a little snack with him.
TripleTransAm
12-13-2004, 12:34 PM
Marauder 1, Impala 0.

Next?
GarageMahal
12-13-2004, 01:09 PM
A little Florida gator carries a little snack with him.

Wish we had some of those up here.... The deer population is getting out of control and I have never heard of a gator running out in front of (or into) a car.

jta
ckadiddle
12-13-2004, 02:02 PM
Umm, did run over a gator once, in a Chevy van. Was near Lake Okeechobee, driving on a two lane next to a large ditch. Wife was driving, I was asleep in passenger set with head against the window. Driving over the beast gently awakened me by banging my punkin head hard against the window glass. I asked what the hell she did that for, all she could say was g-g-g-g-gator !! He continued across the road, didn't seem fazed by it.
Smokie
12-13-2004, 02:04 PM
Wish we had some of those up here.... The deer population is getting out of control and I have never heard of a gator running out in front of (or into) a car.

jta.....actually when crossing alligator alley in the Everglades before they improved the road and installed fencing along the road....had a couple of close encounters of the reptilian kind.:D
Patrick
12-13-2004, 02:23 PM
Umm, did run over a gator once, in a Chevy van. Was near Lake Okeechobee, driving on a two lane next to a large ditch. Wife was driving, I was asleep in passenger set with head against the window. Driving over the beast gently awakened me by banging my punkin head hard against the window glass. I asked what the hell she did that for, all she could say was g-g-g-g-gator !! He continued across the road, didn't seem fazed by it.

Thats one heck of a speed bump!!!!!!!!!!
Krytin
12-13-2004, 02:46 PM
A little Florida gator carries a little snack with him.
That's little!!??
I remember walking through the Sabine Refuge in LA about 20 years ago & seeing some gators w/out fences between me & them. That ain't no little gator in them pictures!
Bluerauder
12-13-2004, 02:59 PM
That's little!!??
I remember walking through the Sabine Refuge in LA about 20 years ago & seeing some gators w/out fences between me & them. That ain't no little gator in them pictures!
Nope, it ain't. I'd estimate it at about 12 feet. :eek: At Gatorland in Florida, I saw one do a tail-spring and snatch a chicken held out about 9 feet off the water. He darn near got his entire length airborne. Scared the crap out of me ... we left the park immediately thereafter ... Dayum ... :D
Marauder57
12-13-2004, 07:48 PM
Man looking at the size of that deer.....that gator could do some damage....I suspect no one will be coming along to take his food...... ;)
Smokie
12-13-2004, 08:05 PM
Man looking at the size of that deer.....that gator could do some damage....I suspect no one will be coming along to take his food...... ;)Yeap, that's not a little fawn, is a good size doe and he seems to be cruising rather easily with the deer in his mouth.
Amsoil_Dealer
12-14-2004, 07:01 AM
Where did you get those photos? A Police Chopper?

I nearly hit a gator once on Rt. 66 near Zolfo Springs. I thought it was retread lying on the road but when the car in front of me paseed him, he moved, almost into my path. Fortunately I had room to go around him but he was big enough that it would have done some damage.

Don
maraudernkc
12-14-2004, 07:05 AM
That' one bad ass gator. Better the Deer than me!:bigcry:
Smokie
12-14-2004, 07:10 AM
Where did you get those photos? A Police Chopper?

I nearly hit a gator once on Rt. 66 near Zolfo Springs. I thought it was retread lying on the road but when the car in front of me paseed him, he moved, almost into my path. Fortunately I had room to go around him but he was big enough that it would have done some damage.

DonA news helicopter flying over Lake George in Ocala took the pictures and a friend e-mailed them to me.