bill2 0 #1 April 8, 2002 A friend who lives in Florida sent this to me. Don't know where Port Charlotte is. CA may be crazy at times but we don't have this stuff happening.______________________________________PORT CHARLOTTE -- Stephanie Feola thought she hit an opossum on Toledo Blade Boulevard late Wednesday night.But when she leaned out the door to check her tires, she saw a long, green-black tail curling out from under her car."The car started shaking and it was lifting the front end up," the 43-year-old driver said. "I just thought I was dead."I was screaming. I thought it was going to come up through the floor."The nearly 7-foot-long alligator tore through the front bumper of her 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse, leaving behind two distinct rows of teeth marks.Believe it or not, in Florida it's common for alligators to be struck by cars, said Gary Morse, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. And when an alligator is hit, its natural reaction is to fight."The alligator doesn't know what's going on," Morse said. "He's got a brain the size of your thumb."During the spring, gators are more prone to roam. As the weather warms up, they go on the hunt for mates, food and new territory, he said.Feola, of Port Charlotte, said she was headed home from a dinner date at about 11 p.m. when she ran over the gator at Toledo Blade and Quesada boulevards.Passers-by shouted and waved at her as the agitated gator lifted her 3,000-pound car off the ground.Feola eventually was able to throw the two-door car into reverse to get off the gator. She drove to a parking lot and called police on her cellular phone.As she waited for help, she watched the wounded gator snapping at passing cars.A trapper later caught and killed the animal, said Morse.The confrontation did about $1,000 in damage to Feola's Eclipse, which she had just bought in November."Just my luck," she said. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMarshMan1 0 #2 April 8, 2002 You're gonna let an alligator stop you from skydiving in FL?! Your loss...."If I could be like that, I would give anything, just to live one day, in those shoes..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #3 April 8, 2002 YIKES!It only takes a little pixie dust...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #4 April 8, 2002 Hey, gators are good eatin'! I sure do love fried gator tail.My webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carbonezone 0 #5 April 8, 2002 OMG........THAT SUCKS!!!Scotty -n- Tami Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #6 April 8, 2002 Tastes like Chicken!My webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #7 April 8, 2002 Hey, gators are good eatin'! I sure do love fried gator tail.________________________________________________What happens if they get the same idea about you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #8 April 8, 2002 QuoteTastes like Chicken!Smells like fish......."I'm a danger to myself and everyone around me!"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #9 April 8, 2002 In reply to:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tastes like Chicken!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Smells like fish.......___________________________________________I can see where this thread is going! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #10 April 8, 2002 QuoteI can see where this thread is going!Straight to BOOBIES like the rest of them......"I'm a danger to myself and everyone around me!"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #11 April 8, 2002 Oh, come on down to FL! After you jump, you can head out to the St. John's river with the rest of the locals and party and have fun. A couple weekends ago, I was petting a 2 foot gator that one of the guys grabbed out of the same river that we swim in! Yikes! Seriously though, I've lived here almost my whole life, and that's the closest I've come to a gator yet....that I know of anyway. And, just ask Emmie. Those gators are probably less threatening than a drunk Crewdog!Andi"Yes it's windy. There are ripples on the pond." weid14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDBoston 0 #12 April 8, 2002 I'm sure the gators say the same thing about us.Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #13 April 8, 2002 Oh, come on down to FL! After you jump, you can head out to the St. John's river with the rest of the locals and party and have fun. A couple weekends ago, I was petting a 2 foot gator that one of the guys grabbed out of the same river that we swim in! Yikes! Seriously though, I've lived here almost my whole life, and that's the closest I've come to a gator yet....that I know of anyway. And, just ask Emmie. Those gators are probably less threatening than a drunk Crewdog!Andi____________________________________If you promise there aren't any gators in the landing zone, I'll come on down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #14 April 8, 2002 what do they have in terms of planes and regulars in FLA?Might go there this winter too.Whoever said comming down from a high was bad, never tried this.Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #15 April 8, 2002 Quote7-foot-long alligatorStay away from the swoop pondAt least don't crash and burn in it.........though it could offer some incentive to get all the way across............SEBAZZ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #16 April 8, 2002 Quotewhat do they have in terms of planes and regulars in FLA?Pick a DZ....It kind of depends on what you like to do. RW, Freefly, and CRW all have their places in Florida. Florida is turbine crazy and has every popular jump plane there is on the planet with Deland having the biggest variety I think. "I'm a danger to myself and everyone around me!"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #17 April 8, 2002 damn! i better go move my car!!!! =c)Stacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #18 April 8, 2002 Quote If you promise there aren't any gators in the landing zone LOL, I promise!Quote damn! i better go move my car Welcome to Florida, Stacy! So, have you gotten up close and personal with a palmetto bug yet?Andi"Yes it's windy. There are ripples on the pond." weid14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #19 April 8, 2002 QuoteWelcome to Florida, Stacy! So, have you gotten up close and personal with a palmetto bug yet?You'll know when that happens. You'll hear the scream, doesn't matter where you are, you'll hear the scream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #20 April 8, 2002 ha ha, only if i'm wearing my full face and landing my jedei, buddy! you miss that scream already don'tcha?no palmetto bugs yet. there is however a large tropical bird of some sort that likes to fly up and sit on my balcony ledge. he likes my hibiscus. =c)Stacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #21 April 8, 2002 Scotty!! Watch out for Tripod!! We don't want him to be Bipod now do we!! Blue Skies ..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #22 April 8, 2002 it's not so much the gators as the land sharks you have to worry about, unless you're a guy..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill2 0 #23 April 8, 2002 Welcome to Florida, Stacy! So, have you gotten up close and personal with a palmetto bug yet?________________________________________What and how big is a palmetto bug? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #24 April 9, 2002 QuoteWhat and how big is a palmetto bug?Remember the "Bug" from the movie Men in Black? The palmetto bug is it's closest relative. Nasty things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #25 April 15, 2002 Theres no gators near the landing area but theres a lot of sharks when a hot girl shows up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
