The golfers were trying to get it off the green. They were being pretty casual about it.
One of the commentators watching said he'd rather mess with a gator than some other creature because they were slow.
My mouth dropped. They can be very fast for a short period. If you aren't paying attention, it will be long enough to catch you.
I respect Mother Nature. She don't play and neither do her creatures.

hold my beer and watch this.

And they do it on the Swamp People all the time, don't they?

Really, some things are best left to professionals--and even they sometimes get hurt. It is not as easy as it looks on TV.

Otherwise it's just a Stupid Human Trick.

...the John Boy and Billy Show? The first time I heard "Hey Y'all watch this...." was on that radio show back in the late '90s. JB&B are big NASCAR fans and so am I, so I used to listen to their show a lot back when Texas Motor Speedway was new.

I am also a former NASCAR fan....grew up in infields all over the country. Father was raised around Darlington racetrack back in the day. My father has been going there with his motorhome every year for decades and decades...

If you grew up around the tracks too we may have even played together at the infield playgrounds. In fact I won the youngest baby contest at the Daytona 500 when I was 3 weeks old! LOL!

Why anyone would be that stupid is beyond me.

Some photos

http://www.democraticunderground.com/103631408

Hope everyone on this thread clicks your link. They'll really get a better picture of where this guy was and what he was up against. Great pictures!

engage with an alligator.

You call wildlife services - but unless you're trained and have permission (grants/tags) from the state, you do not bother the alligators.

Thanks! It's a really neat area filled with all kinds of wildlife and protected wetlands.

They can't sustain it but if you aren't paying attention, they can go long enough to get you.
That area reminds me of the nature areas in some swamps around me.

to admit he was very cute, but no way would I even get even remotely near him. We hit the brakes, slowed down, and the other cars saw what was going on and slowed down too. It was a safe slow down of the cars, lightly traveled at that time. He decided it was not a good idea, spun around, and ran back to the weeds.

I let it get across the road and then went on my merry way.

Every year 35K alligators are rounded up in government sanctioned catches in Louisiana. We have over 2 million alligators in this state. Unless they are an actual threat to you or others, you leave them alone. Crossing the road isn't a threat - especially not in Sulphur, LA.

They kill. It's really that simple. They will kill you.

Our United States of Crazy.

The man sees a gator on the road, which will either mean death to the gator by getting run over, causing possible damage to the auto, and all yall can do is make fun of him? I guess if he pulled his gun and shot the gator yall would cheer? Or if he ran away like a baby, yall would be happy?

I just don't get some of you. Guess the anonymity of the internet makes yall feel tough and all that?

The ones negatively commenting about him have nothing to do with being Liberal.

was the guy a republican? hope he recovers and has use of his hand!

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"Sir, can you tell me how this happened?"

'Well, there was an eleven-foot gator in the road, and me and my three buddies tried to move it.'

"Son, are you a special breed of stupid?"

I looked at the link. That gator didn't need moving.

in front of his house. It came from a canal across the street. He grabbed it and put it in the trunk of his car. It almost destroyed the trunk. He then drove to the local police station, went in and said, "I have something for you." Then he left it there for the cops to worry about. He never had a good relationship with the local cops, so that was his revenge.

“I’ve always been the kind of guy who learns the hard way ... Hopefully with therapy I’ll be able to straighten out my ring finger”?