OT: Alligators Are Sensitive

Submitted by jonesie022 on
Hadn't seen this tidbit of pure gold posted here yet. http://www.moron.com/man-mocks-alligators-jumps-in-water-and-is-killed-…- If you can get through this portion of the story with a straight face then CHEERS to you because you are more mature than I... "There are numerous “No Swimming Alligators” signs posted around the bayou. Woodward even ignored several verbal warnings before saying “f**k the alligators” then removing his shorts, taking his billfold from his pockets, yelling “cannonball!!” and cannonballing into the water." The real question is: WWHD? (What would Harbaugh do?)
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Mabel Pines

July 6th, 2015 at 8:41 AM ^

maybe they could have used the twin's photo?  Listen, people, please submit THE BEST picture of your friend/loved one when something tragic happens.  Unless you hate them.  Then submit the picture in the article.

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1464

July 6th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^

The thing is, as much as we herald the stupidification of the world, we are actually gaining in IQ from generation to generation.  We are smarter now than ever before.

What was REALLY cool was to tell my 5 year old son that when he was my age, cars would all drive themselves, and not sound like some Jetson's fanboy.

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MGoblu8

July 6th, 2015 at 7:56 AM ^

People swim in water with gators all the time, even going tubing and water skiing, but there are places where people know to NOT go. This sounds like one such place. He must have landed on, or right in front of the gator. A big splash usually startles them, but big ones are more likely not to run. Plus, their mouths work like a mouse trap. If something touches it, it's over. It's sad, but you have to know better. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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SC Wolverine

July 6th, 2015 at 9:10 AM ^

I lived in South Florida, near the Glades, for five years.  This always freaked me out.  I never got used to how casual people were around alligators.  I had no idea how overrun Florida is with gators.  Our daughter was in kindergarten when we moved there and they taught alligator evasion classes to the five year olds.  It's crazy.  But not much you can do about it -- except not swim with them!

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Mabel Pines

July 6th, 2015 at 8:25 AM ^

I immediately thought someone put a tent stake in the Alligators' territory and thought, "MY GOD, SOMEONE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE."  You can't just run around putting tent stakes in things.  It's extremely offensive.

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LDNfan

July 6th, 2015 at 8:43 AM ^

That picture of an obviously inebriated "Tommie Bubba Bobby Lee III" is classic...

That and the fact that a woman was with him but she wasn't injured. Hmmm......what does it all mean? She was probably smart enough to let him hit the water first :)

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LSAClassOf2000

July 6th, 2015 at 9:11 AM ^

It gets better (in a morose sort of way) - per the Newswek article that I saw the other day, this is also supposedly the first fatal encounter with an alligator in Texas in nearly two centuries (1836 was the last known fatality from an alligator, per the Houston Chronicle), and to think it happened in this fashion too - sad, but you cannot help but wonder what in blazes went through this person's mind. Yeah, there's a Darwin Award in this incident somewhere. 

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GRBluefan

July 6th, 2015 at 9:23 AM ^

In the minority, but a guy lost his life and it makes me a bit sad, regardless of how dumb his actions were. Without knowing anything about him, he may have kids who now have no father, and he may have living parents who have now lost a son.

Not playing moral police, just voicing what my emotions are when I read this.

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