A lesson learned the hard way

[smstonypoint]

Ignore this sign at your own peril.

Texas alligator attack: Man killed in Orange County - CNN.com

Steve

 

[Old Junk Man]

It called weeding out the gene pool. do dumb things and you pay the price.

 

[k0ua]

I don't get it, why would you jump in when you know there are big ole gaters there? That just seems really dumb. He was from St. Louis, and of course they don't have alligators there. Maybe he thought alligator danger was something of a joke? Well he won't have to worry about it any more.

 

[smstonypoint]

I don't get it, why would you jump in when you know there are big ole gaters there? That just seems really dumb.

I suspect alcohol-induced bravado.

Steve

 

[k0ua]

I suspect alcohol-induced bravado.

Steve

You mean, like "hold my beer and watch this!" ? yeah, could be.

 

[smstonypoint]

You mean, like "hold my beer and watch this!" ? yeah, could be.

Exactly.

Steve

 

[300UGUY]

I suspect alcohol-induced bravado.

Steve

I've been drunk, more often than I care to think about. But I've never been that drunk..... There has to be a level of stupid at work.

 

[Redneck in training]

I have been in Darwin Australia in 2000 and read about similar accident in local paper. American tourists were fishing with a guide in mouth of Adelaide river quite far in the ocean but still in murky water. The guide was cleaning the fish throwing the waste in the ocean while one woman jumped from the boat to cool down before the he was able to stop her. They never saw her again. The croc was there waiting for whatever the guide threw away. There are crocodile signs around the river at least 100 ft away from water. The guide on a boat ride told us that the crock will shoot out of the water and grab animal or person anywhere past the sign. They will hang a piece of chicken from the boat about 10-15 ft high and the crock will jump up and grab it. The croc on the picture was almost 20 ft long.

 

[dmccarty]

I don't get it, why would you jump in when you know there are big ole gaters there? That just seems really dumb. He was from St. Louis, and of course they don't have alligators there. Maybe he thought alligator danger was something of a joke? Well he won't have to worry about it any more.

I heard his brother put on a fireworks show....

:shocked:

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

I have been in Darwin Australia in 2000 and read about similar accident in local paper. American tourists were fishing with a guide in mouth of Adelaide river quite far in the ocean but still in murky water. The guide was cleaning the fish throwing the waste in the ocean while one woman jumped from the boat to cool down before the he was able to stop her. They never saw her again. The croc was there waiting for whatever the guide threw away. There are crocodile signs around the river at least 100 ft away from water. The guide on a boat ride told us that the crock will shoot out of the water and grab animal or person anywhere past the sign. They will hang a piece of chicken from the boat about 10-15 ft high and the crock will jump up and grab it. The croc on the picture was almost 20 ft long. View attachment 431878

I have a few gator stories maybe I will tell another time. Likely already posted them on TBN.

Any who, I don't think many non Aussies realize how dangerous the crocs can be in Australia. There are some places you just don't go into the water over there and it ain't just the sharks to worry about. :shocked: I was watching a video this weekend made by some people who are sailing around the Pacific and the video was from an island off the east coast of Australia. For a brief second they showed a sign that said it was SAFE to swim. :shocked::laughing: I was reading a trip report of a couple sailing around Australia and they mentioned the danger from crocs. In some areas you need to raise your dingy out of the water because the crocs will attack the wee little boat and many of the local and/or cruising dingys have teeth marks from crocs. :shocked: The couple was in one area of western Australia that had a big croc where they had anchored. The croc would watch and stay close to the boat. It seemed to me that the croc had been fed from a boat before and was expecting more food. The couple realized that the croc could easily ambush them on their sail boat which had a low freeboard so they were very cautious about spending much time on the swim step or the edge of the boat. :shocked:

Later,
Dan