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Related: About this forum75-Year-Old Man Bitten, Dragged by Alligator at a Golf Course Pond
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120430/NEWS/120439951/1134?p=2&tc=pg"Albert Miller, 75, was golfing when the 9-foot alligator pulled him into a pond."
"Gary Morse, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said trappers captured the alligator. It weighed approximately 190 pounds."
Miller was saved by his golf buddies and is fine besides some damage to his knee. Why post this in Weird News? Think about this: The alligator is 9 feet long and weighs 190 pounds?
hlthe2b
(102,261 posts)So this one is a bit thin. Not sure I get the point....
FSogol
(45,484 posts)"A large adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds and 13 feet long, but can grow to 14.5 feet long and weigh over 1,000 pounds. The largest ever recorded was found in Louisiana and measured 19 feet 2 inches."
hlthe2b
(102,261 posts)http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/wildlife/reptiles/article/small-alligators-not-problem.html
FSogol
(45,484 posts)but I guess 190 isn't too far off.
MADem
(135,425 posts)So hungry that a bony ole man looked like good eatin'!!!
woodsprite
(11,914 posts)from their open garage door. She said he (the gator) ran and she ran, and she forgot to snap any pics. That would have been the least of my worries! She said she yelled to my FIL to run through the house and close the garage door. They put up a fence between their house and their neighbors property and the gator couldn't figure out how to get around it. They had been sitting out there watching the baby gators.