F*** the alligators

[John -- '02 HAWK]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas-alligator-attack

theres an embedded video as well

"A man who apparently mocked alligators, then jumped in the water -- despite warning signs -- is dead after being attacked in Texas.

Orange County Police were called to Burkart's Marina near the Louisiana state line early Friday morning after reports that Tommie Woodward, 28, and an unidentified woman were swimming in a bayou and had been attacked by a large alligator.

Woodward's body was found several hours later. The woman was not injured.

Orange County Justice of the Peace Rodney Price told CNN affiliate KFDM that Woodward ignored verbal warnings and a posted "No Swimming Alligators" sign and seemed to mock the deadly creatures before going in the water.

"He removed his shirt, removed his billfold ... someone shouted a warning and he said 'blank the alligators' and jumped in to the water and almost immediately yelled for help," Price said.

The "No Swimming Alligators" sign was posted this week after a 10-foot alligator was spotted in the bayou waters.

Witness heard 'An alligator's got him'

"Please do not go swimming, there's a bigger alligator out here. Just please stay out of the water," witness and marina employee Michelle Wright said she told Woodward.

She said the next thing she heard was the woman screaming, "An alligator's got him." Wright said she used a flashlight in the darkness to scan the water.

In an emotional interview with KFDM, Wright said, "I saw his body floating face down. And then he's out there for a couple of seconds and then he's dragged back down. And then he comes back up still face down and then he gets pulled down again. And then he just disappears."

Wright, who said she knew the victim and his family, said it was a moment she would never forget. She described the events that started out as a late night swim as "heartbreaking."

Woodward had recently moved to the area from St. Louis with his twin brother and was working at a nearby shipyard.

'If the sun is down, stay out of the water'

Alligators are predatory and territorial. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the creature "will eat anything it can catch," and should be treated with caution.

"If the sun is down, stay out the water. That's when they're eating. That's when they're hunting," alligator expert Arlie Hammonds told the affiliate.

Although there have been numerous fatal alligator attacks in Florida, the Orange County attack may be the first of its kind in Texas."

[90MarkVII]

I grew up in that area, grew up swimming in Cow Bayou. Like the article mentioned, swimming at night is a bad idea.

[CexMashean]

As someone from Orange County, that guy is was an idiot.

[Sgt Beavis]

I wonder how much beer was involved.

[90MarkVII]

As someone from Orange County, that guy is was an idiot.

Where you from?

[CexMashean]

I'm actually from Orange, but also lived in Pinehurst, Groves, and Port Arthur.

[90MarkVII]

I'm actually from Orange, but also lived in Pinehurst, Groves, and Port Arthur.

From 4th grade until 19 yrs old I lived out off of Hwy 62, right outside of Bridge City.

[soap]

The alligator population in Texas is exploding. No one seems to want to acknowledge it.

[CexMashean]

The alligator population in Texas is exploding. No one seems to want to acknowledge it.

This incident is the equivalent of walking into a cow pasture and seeing a cow, then saying "there are too many cows here!"

[lincolnboy]

And i thought it was about the girl thatwas killed by one in the trinity river

[Moose242]

"there are too many cows here!"

This chain of words does not register with soap.

[Chas_svo]

Cleaning up the shallow end of the gene pool.

[Cooter]

sheeeeeit, I won't get in a body of water in the fucking daytime around here!

saw two dead gators on 35 the other day

[soap]

This incident is the equivalent of walking into a cow pasture and seeing a cow, then saying "there are too many cows here!"

I mean in general. 20 years ago if you said you saw an alligator in Lake Fork for example. People would think you're crazy or you were drunk. There were rare sighting's and maybe the local mom-and-pop shop had a picture. But that was it!
But now it seems like alligators are very common in East and Central TX lakes.
And then there was that one asshole who shot the 20+ foot alligator downtown Trinity River I believe.

But in this situation OP, he was a damn fool. I should've been more specific

[1carcrazyguy]

If boots were still as popular as they once were, we would not have this alligator population problem.