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Maraya1969

(23,489 posts) Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:32 PM Nov 2020

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A hero Florida man!

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A hero Florida man! (Original Post) Maraya1969 Nov 2020 OP

wow. My hero. I'm honestly really impressed. What a great guy. Biophilic Nov 2020 #1

that was some seriously badass shit.... dhill926 Nov 2020 #2

Kinda wondering about his fingers ... CloudWatcher Nov 2020 #3

I saw another news report that said his fingers were chewed-up. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #6

More than a tetanus shot. Between a gators mouth and that water, antibiotics are in order. Lochloosa Nov 2020 #11

Yes, I bet you're right. Yucky. nt Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #17

So glad the puppy is doing okay! N/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #4

KUDOS to him. At first, frighteningly so, I thought it was Dump. But then I went... naah. He'd CurtEastPoint Nov 2020 #5

Don't lose that cigar! 5X Nov 2020 #7

OK that guy is.....seriously cool Skittles Nov 2020 #8

Gator wrestling is kind of a thing around here. Arne Nov 2020 #10

it's the cigar that cements his status Skittles Nov 2020 #14

Report from CNN.......... Fla Dem Nov 2020 #9

I'm glad CNN edited out the puppy yelps. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #18

Oh Hell, people, we do that once a month down here in the summer Chainfire Nov 2020 #12

We've even been wrassling pythons lately. sop Nov 2020 #13

What a tiny gator! ShazzieB Nov 2020 #15

Scary what a tiny gator can do! LeftInTX Nov 2020 #16

Yikes! Bayard Nov 2020 #19

Great save! Even small gators are a danger to pets. Solly Mack Nov 2020 #20

Biophilic

(6,500 posts)

1. wow. My hero. I'm honestly really impressed. What a great guy.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:38 PM

Nov 2020

dhill926

(16,953 posts)

2. that was some seriously badass shit....

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:40 PM

Nov 2020

CloudWatcher

(2,127 posts)

3. Kinda wondering about his fingers ...

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:41 PM

Nov 2020

I'm wondering how he got his fingers out without losing one or two of them.

And ... amazing that he didn't lose his cigar!

Laffy Kat

(16,940 posts)

6. I saw another news report that said his fingers were chewed-up.

Reply to CloudWatcher (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:43 PM

Nov 2020

But he didn't lose any. I do see a tetanus shot in his future.

Lochloosa

(16,717 posts)

11. More than a tetanus shot. Between a gators mouth and that water, antibiotics are in order.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:56 PM

Nov 2020

Laffy Kat

(16,940 posts)

17. Yes, I bet you're right. Yucky. nt

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:27 PM

Nov 2020

TexasBushwhacker

(21,182 posts)

4. So glad the puppy is doing okay! N/t

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:41 PM

Nov 2020

CurtEastPoint

(19,977 posts)

5. KUDOS to him. At first, frighteningly so, I thought it was Dump. But then I went... naah. He'd

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:41 PM

Nov 2020

never do that.

5X

(3,989 posts)

7. Don't lose that cigar!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:46 PM

Nov 2020

Skittles

(171,084 posts)

8. OK that guy is.....seriously cool

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:47 PM

Nov 2020

I mean, wow

Arne

(3,609 posts)

10. Gator wrestling is kind of a thing around here.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:51 PM

Nov 2020

Skittles

(171,084 posts)

14. it's the cigar that cements his status

Reply to Arne (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 06:14 PM

Nov 2020

yes INDEED

Fla Dem

(27,561 posts)

9. Report from CNN..........

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:49 PM

Nov 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/21/us/puppy-alligator-rescue-trnd/index.html

Laffy Kat

(16,940 posts)

18. I'm glad CNN edited out the puppy yelps.

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:30 PM

Nov 2020

That would have done me in, even though I knew he'd be okay.

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

12. Oh Hell, people, we do that once a month down here in the summer

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:56 PM

Nov 2020

Sometimes it is the dog, sometimes it is one of the grandkids. It is just one of those things, like driving in snow for you Yankees. That is why he didn't lose that $4.00 cigar.

sop

(18,355 posts)

13. We've even been wrassling pythons lately.

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 06:02 PM

Nov 2020

ShazzieB

(22,489 posts)

15. What a tiny gator!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 06:16 PM

Nov 2020

It would almost be cute...if it didn't have a puppy clamped in its jaws. 😬

Seriously, I am SO glad it was such a little 'un. If it was much bigger, things might not have turned out so well. ☹

LeftInTX

(34,119 posts)

16. Scary what a tiny gator can do!

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #15)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:06 PM

Nov 2020

Imagine swimming and one chomping on your hand..(They normally don't engage in this type of behavior, but still!)

Bayard

(29,393 posts)

19. Yikes!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:39 PM

Nov 2020

What a guy!! He must have seen it happen, or the pupster would have been lunch.

Here's the 3 mo. old Gunner, his Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Solly Mack

(96,817 posts)

20. Great save! Even small gators are a danger to pets.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 10:13 PM

Nov 2020

But no match for Florida man with a cigar.

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