| Author | Message | ||
     P47b |
I thought it was funny. Not that I would make the attempt. But now it's a Law?  | ||
| Paint_shaker |
It's been a law... for quite some time actually. | ||
| Kenm123t |
If you need a gator I have plenty you pick one and load him up! My place on Lake Okeechobee's rim canal has 4-5 on the water front 4 -9 ft or larger | ||
| P47b |
Ok?? Who tried it? For someone to make a law, Some one had to try it. Oh look at the nice kitty. | ||
| Guell |
Only in florida  | ||
| Ratbuell |
...."or molest".... | ||
| Oddball |
Wasn't me...........honest...........I just moved here......really...  | ||
| Iman501 |
next episode of a thousand ways to die!... | ||
| Kustomklassix |
LoL, nice Ian. C'mere gater...I got's a nice surprise for you... | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
You gotta be one tough bastard to bugger a gator. Might be safer to hump crocodile luggage. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Might be safer to hump crocodile luggage.  | ||
| Danger_dave |
The boys up in FNQ get to the waterhole real early. Don't want to get stuck with an ugly one. | ||
| Danger_dave |
When you think about it - if a human is f****** dumb enough to harass a crocodile - I'm on the crocodile's side in the melee. Take the signs down. The Crocs will be better fed and humanity might stand a chance. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
Its that gator lovein. | ||
| Wbrisett |
I'm on the crocodile's side in the melee Dave, these are alligators, which are cousins to crocs, but not nearly as aggressive. Mind you, I still wouldn't harass, feed, or molest one, but they aren't as likely to go after you. Unlike the crocs in your neck of the woods, you'll only find these in fresh water. In the US, these are found in the coastal states (Florida Louisiana, Mississippi, etc). Wayne | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
They are good too eat also. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
They are good too eat also. Very good.... Signs like this exist because guys like to shoot meth, decide gators are sexy and jump in to get a piece. True story... | ||
| Cataract2 |
Signs like this exist because guys like to shoot meth, decide gators are sexy and jump in to get a piece. True story... Weedin' out the gene pool. | ||
| P47b |
Signs like this exist because guys like to shoot meth, decide gators are sexy and jump in to get a piece. True story... Firebolt32, you need to post some News story's. I still find it hard to beleave it's a Law, but I know of a few people that would fall into that catagory. | ||
| M2statz |
How long has this been a law? Didn't NoRice just move to Florida? | ||
| Etennuly |
I moved from Florida eleven years ago. About the time the "molest" wording was added. Before you jump to any conclusions.....IT WASN'T ME!  However it may have been my son-in-law. I took him out in my bass boat several times. Often he would jump out on a dirt bank, back where the water marsh ran into the woods. He would disappear for minutes at a time, then when we got back to fishing for bass, he would tease any small gator we came across with his lures while talking to them and laughing.  Not right I tell ya! My neighbors, also bass fishermen, frequently asked "why do you bring him back?". I guess I was new enough at the father-in-law game to think there was still hope.....lesson learned!  (Message edited by etennuly on February 22, 2010) | ||
| Gunut75 |
Didn't NoRice just move to Florida? Took the words right out of my mouth! Strange things seem to find that fella! Nitrous injected XB9Rs, ultra lightweight super skinny bikes and whatnot!  | ||
| Firebolt32 |
From a Miami newspaper. This happened at Lake Parker here in Lakeland. Tons of people boat, ski and tube in this lake. Having quite a few gators, rarely is there an issue with humans. People's pets mostly...And I must correct myself, it was crack...not meth! 11/30/2006 - Florida man pulled from alligator's jaws MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Florida sheriff's deputies jumped into a dark lake and pulled a naked man from the jaws of an alligator early Wednesday, authorities said. The man lost his left arm and had a broken right arm and major injuries to his left leg, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. He was hospitalized in critical condition. After several people reported hearing screams for help from central Florida's Lake Parker at about 4 a.m. ET, deputies arrived to find the man in the alligator's grasp, the sheriff said. (Watch sheriff tell the story ) Four deputies waded through waist-deep mud, wrestled the man free and pulled him about 40 yards back to shore to a waiting ambulance, Judd said. "He was totally naked," Judd said of the victim, identified as 45-year-old Adrian Apgar. "He admitted that he'd been smoking crack cocaine. But still, it's a human life," Judd said at a news conference. "Our deputies don't ask questions, they respond and they save people." It was unclear whether Apgar had gone swimming or if the creature had snatched him from the bank. A 12-foot alligator was later plucked from the lake, and wildlife officials said it was believed to be the one that attacked Apgar. Alligators throughout Florida have been blamed for about 275 attacks on humans, fewer than two dozen of them fatal, since the state began keeping records in 1948. | ||
| Bonnie |
Grew up outside of Orlando in the 1960s. My buddies and me would swim in all the local lakes and run the swamps. It was normal to see gators all around. We never messed with them and both sides always kept a respectful distance from each other. Never heard of anyone getting attacked. Occasional snake bite though. Its a different world there now. Drained swamps, polluted lakes, Disney World. Every place I hunted, camped and fished is gone. Just great memories remain. It was a paradise for a kid back then. | ||
| Swampy |
All the wild small gators 2-5 foot I saw...during the last trip to Florida, scurried away when you approached them. | ||
| No_rice |
How long has this been a law? Didn't NoRice just move to Florida? lol gee thanks! i havent seen a gator since ive been here. not for lack of looking though! | ||
| Danger_dave |
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| P47b |
Hey Tim, Isn't this your first two quote. CHASE DEATH, NEVER LET IT CHASE YOU if it almost killed you, it was probably AWESOME!!! | ||
| Pammy |
I think that this is what The sign means by "molest". Killing an alligator out of season has four Palm Beach County men facing felony charges. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission charged the men with alligator poaching after a Royal Palm Beach woman videotaped them beating a 10-foot alligator in a backyard of the Country Club View subdivision, agency spokesman Willie Puz said. Steve Camillera, 33, Robin Rosovich, 40, and Thomas Beniamino, 44, all of Royal Palm Beach, and Domingo Riviera, 50, of Loxahatchee, face up to five years in prison. Nicole Hallman said she was closing her blinds about 7 p.m. on May 22 when she saw four men gathered around something, striking it with a large tool. Hallman and her husband realized it was an alligator. After calling authorities, Hallman, 20, began recording. "It was really a torturous kind of event," she said. "They had the tool stuck in his head and it was wiggling and twitching and taking its last gasps of breath. They took some kind of big knife and were gouging it in its side and poking its eyes." State Attorney's Office spokesman Michael Edmondson declined to comment on the case and whether additional charges, such as animal cruelty, might be forthcoming. Poachers typically kill an animal to sell its parts, Puz said. Hides fluctuate from $10 to $20 per foot and an alligator head sells for $100 to $300.} | ||
| Cataract2 |
Problem is you get these transplants to FL who have never dealt with gators and decide to mess with them. |
