Posted on 08/30/2004 7:50:44 AM PDT by harrycarey
Man Bitten By Alligator After Trying To Lasso It
POSTED: 6:44 am EDT August 30, 2004
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man is recovering from injuries after learning a painful lesson about alligators.
Dan Hornock tried to catch a gator in his backyard on Sunday. He lives off Lake Live Oak Drive in the Avalon Park development.
He went after the five-footer, but things didn't go well.
"So I tried to lasso it. I guess you could say, it didn't work," he explains.
"Do not try to remove an alligator yourself. It is absolutely 100 percent avoidable," says Kat Kelley, Florida Fish and Wildlife.
The gator took a bite out of Hornock’s hand, but he will be okay.
A trapper later caught the gator.
Some people have watched way too much TV.
Crimey! Was he holding a baby in his arm when he tried it?
NeverGore :^)
Yeah. This is a real problem around my household also. Its really tough herding these things in the snow, so I usually let the little wife do it.
I got stung by some wasps once when I shot their nest with my toy bow and arrow.
You 'da man!
wow. Edwards' Wife is at LEAST as sexy as tar-aye-zah.
/sarcasm
Amos Moses?
Love that song.
I am glad to hear the gator will be okay :-)
You might say she's twice the woman Teresa is.
Important Safety Tip: They HATE it when you shoot paintballs at them. Trust me on this.
I can proudly say that I have totally avoided alligator-removal. Then again, I live in upstate NY.
"You might say she's twice the woman Teresa is."
LOL !!!!! ha !
"I can proudly say that I have totally avoided alligator-removal. Then again, I live in upstate NY."
I've been pretty successful avoiding them here in Colorado too. of course I'd be more inclined to practice ".30 caliber catch and release"
Who's that overweight woman next to Edwards? Is that his wife?
It's easy.........Take a roasting chicken, thawed, and place a few phenobarbitol or thorazine's(or pretty much anything that ends with "zine".....) under the skin of the chicken. When the gator grabs the chicken, it will take it to the water to eat it. The gator will drown after the drugs kick in and you'll have nobody implicating you. Once a gator hangs around housing, it will only get worse. They are like bears and garbage cans, only the gator eats your dog, cat, or child.
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