Charlie Choc wrote:
On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:25:16 -0400, jeff wrote:


alligator!!!


Shoot Jeff, that little guy is barely big enough to make Wayno a pair of shoes
and a belt. g

bring your kayak up and i'll point you in his direction. you measure
him. g

i was a long way from him when i stopped running and took the pic, using
the little olympus stylus camera close-up...just doesn't show the scale
accurately at all. he was huge!! hell, by tomorrow he'll be 15 feet.
wish i had gotten closer and taken more photos, but as bad as my luck
had been this weekend i feared he might think i was an easter meal.

i've never encountered an alligator in the wild and up close on land
(saw one from the boat once). i've not tried to run in a long time, and
i suspect "scurrying" might not be adequate in the event he decided he
wanted a closer view of me. it was very spooky to just walk up
unknowingly on the damn thing. ...and i was catching some fish too!