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marmar

(78,146 posts) Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:04 PM Dec 2020

Florida man retrieves golf ball off gator's back

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — A wild video out of Cape Coral, Florida shows a golfer grab his ball off the back of an alligator.

The video, originally posted to Facebook, shows an alligator sunbathing by a golf course pond with a golf ball laying on top of its tail.

The golfer decides to drop his ball on the grass rather than play from the unfortunate lie (understandably), but first, he has to retrieve the ball. ............(more)

https://fox8.com/news/watch-florida-man-retrieves-golf-ball-off-gators-back/

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Florida man retrieves golf ball off gator's back (Original Post) marmar Dec 2020 OP

Must really like that ball! soothsayer Dec 2020 #1

I'd be more impressed if he had intrepidity Dec 2020 #2

If only he had a stick like thing handy underpants Dec 2020 #3

He's lucky - he could've been dinner for the gator - and a Darwin Award contender. Liberty Belle Dec 2020 #4

He's a cheat! PJMcK Dec 2020 #5

We name our Gators. Arne Dec 2020 #6

Yeah, he'll risk a gator and spend half hour looking for a ball flamin lib Dec 2020 #7

As someone who has lived around gators all my life, I will say Chainfire Dec 2020 #8

"As someone who has lived around gators all my life" - that sounds more foolish PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #9

I live in Florida, There is swamp 500 feet behind my house, I am surrounded by ponds and lakes Chainfire Dec 2020 #10

"So, what was your point?" - Don't leave your house!! n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2020 #11

Do you have difficulty reading, or were you just trying to be an ass? Chainfire Dec 2020 #12

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Must really like that ball!

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:06 PM

Dec 2020

intrepidity

(7,964 posts)

2. I'd be more impressed if he had

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:08 PM

Dec 2020

grabbed the alligator's balls.

underpants

(187,711 posts)

3. If only he had a stick like thing handy

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:13 PM

Dec 2020

Pretty cool. He did it.

Liberty Belle

(9,626 posts)

4. He's lucky - he could've been dinner for the gator - and a Darwin Award contender.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:15 PM

Dec 2020

PJMcK

(23,194 posts)

5. He's a cheat!

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:27 PM

Dec 2020

Everyone knows that in golf, you play the ball as it lies.

No free drops. No mulligans.

Geez.

Arne

(3,608 posts)

6. We name our Gators.

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:40 PM

Dec 2020

This one is Mulligan.
He's a biggun.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

7. Yeah, he'll risk a gator and spend half hour looking for a ball

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 08:55 PM

Dec 2020

in the rough but can't waste 5 minutes looking for the G-spot . . .

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

8. As someone who has lived around gators all my life, I will say

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 09:08 PM

Dec 2020

That the man was a damn fool.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

9. "As someone who has lived around gators all my life" - that sounds more foolish

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #8)

Wed Dec 16, 2020, 09:41 PM

Dec 2020

than just grabbing one ball.

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

10. I live in Florida, There is swamp 500 feet behind my house, I am surrounded by ponds and lakes

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 07:47 AM

Dec 2020

In Florida if there is a lake a pond or a swamp, there is going to be alligators. As a younger man, I was a prolific fisherman, gators were a constant presence. Yea, I have been around gators all my life. You learn, early on, to not violate their space. The man who reached his arm out to get the ball was damn lucky he didn't lose that arm, or his life. He was a fool.

So, what was your point?

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

11. "So, what was your point?" - Don't leave your house!! n/t

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:05 PM

Dec 2020

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

12. Do you have difficulty reading, or were you just trying to be an ass?

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 05:12 PM

Dec 2020

My point was that it is stupid to intentionally have a close interaction with an alligator. Other people deal with bears, or Moose; we live with alligators. And, no, we don't stay inside, but we do respect the animals in their habitat; after all, they were here first. Here is some people that did not:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States

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