Gator Gotcha!
Published Nov 21, 2002
A park ranger in the Everglades was making his rounds a couple of summers ago when a woman came bolting out of the weeds right in front of his truck. She seemed frantic and he finally got her calm enough to say that her five year old son was sitting on the back of an alligator. Now the ranger was frantic. Running in the direction she was pointing he found the lad astride a twelve foot male alligator which was trying to relieve itself of its load by twisting and snapping.
As the brave ranger moved in he tried to console the mother by saying, "I think I can grab the boy and move away before the gator moves, but be ready to grab your son. I may have to shoot the gator."
To which the lady replies "Good Heavens, no. I just wanted you to make him hold still for a minute so I could take my son's picture on his back."
Originally published December 07, 2002.
