I had an unexpected visitor today...

[captdave77]

We didn't have canals in the area of Florida where I grew up; but we had lots of ponds and lakes with gators. It was pretty routine for the guys to ride our bicycles to some of the larger lakes for fishing and swimming. I learned to water ski while attending Boy Scout summer camp. The lake we used was called Alligator Lake. It had that name for a reason.

Boys were tougher back then.

 

[napp]

Boys were tougher back then.

Maybe a little dumber, too.

 

[F.Alexander]

Boys were tougher back then.

While I agree with the general sentiment you're implying here, back then when one of these tough boys' little brother or sister was mauled or hauled off by a a gator it didn't make the national news and it didn't go viral on the Internets either. Sometimes ignorance looks a lot like toughness. Information has help us come a long way.

 

[captdave77]

Maybe a little dumber, too.

If you're going to be dumb, you got to be tough.

 

[captdave77]

While I agree with the general sentiment you're implying here, back then when one of these tough boys' little brother or sister was mauled or hauled off by a a gator it didn't make the national news and it didn't go viral on the Internets either. Sometimes ignorance looks a lot like toughness. Information has help us come a long way.

When you live on a canal in FL, you don't leave pets or toddlers outside without supervision and you teach kids how to get away from alligators just like parents in AK teach their kids about bears.

PE class included an alligator evasion "game".

 

[F.Alexander]

When you live on a canal in FL, you don't leave pets or toddlers outside without supervision and you teach kids how to get away from alligators just like parents in AK teach their kids about bears.

PE class included an alligator evasion "game".

Well, there you go. It comes with the territory. Where I live is far from gator country. Although, I did see one on the green once, and I don't think they ever tracked him down.

 

[captdave77]

Well, there you go. It comes with the territory. Where I live is far from gator country. Although, I did see one on the green once, and I don't think they ever tracked him down.

We have a couple in my neighborhood now.

 

[nbarnett]

Way cool, kinda..

 

[voodoochild1989]

mmmmmm gator tail

 

[Balthazar00]

WOW!!!!!