Posted on 09/02/2013 7:46:07 AM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK, - A Long Island, N.Y., man filed suit against a Mexican golf resort after be lost two fingers to a crocodile after chipping out of a sand trap.
Edward Lunger, 50, Holtsville, said he was grabbed by a croc that had been hiding in the nearby bushes and clamped down on his arm.
Lunger told the New York Post the Iberostar Cancun Golf Club knew the croc was prowling around but did nothing more than hang some yellow tape around its hideout.
"That means 'Grounds under repair' in America," said Lunger, who was rushed to a hospital where one finger was attached but two others could not be saved. He said he had to pony up more than $17,000 in advance before the emergency surgery.
Lunger's partner, Mark Martin, told the Post he watched his buddy's routine bunker shot turn into a life-and-death struggle. "All of a sudden, his arm went back, and his head went back," Martin recalled. "I saw the crocodile leap up."
Martin picked up a large rock that was nearby and dropped it on the crocodile, which had a firm grip in Lunger's arm. The blow caused the reptile to let go.
Martin made a tourniquet out of a golf towel and rushed his bleeding friend to the club house in their gold cart.
Joe ... what say we all get together and invite particular people to play on that course. Might save all of us a lot of heartache.
Ban those shoes now!
So who is he going to sue for making him a moron?
A crocodile chipping out of a sand trap. Now THAT I want to see. Please tell me there's video.
Not the sort of thing you would expect in New York, that’s for sure!
What a dumbass. Everyone knows that a large reptile in a sand trap is classified as a loose impediment. Unless we’re playing Mexican rules.
Happy Gilmore.
I don’t live too far from NY - and am surprised a croc could survive here. Have never heard of such a thing before.
What was his handicap?
If a Mexican gets chomped by a croc (or an alligator) in the US, he goes to the hospital for free. The hospital may try to collect later, but mostly they get paid out of higher fees for the rest of us who have insurance.
If a US citizen gets chomped by a croc in Mexico, he has to come up with $17,000 in cash, in advance, to be treated.
How was the croc supposed to know it was a routine bunker shot?
LOL!
“That’s your home, ARE You TOO GOOD for YOUR HOME, Answer ME!”
What did those idiots think all those human remains were doing around that bush? Did they think those were golfers who died from slow play?
The attack happened in Mexico.
In New York, crocs only live in the sewers.
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