ATTN: Dei... Burger?

[h2co-pilot]

Did you play golf today?

Man Survives Alligator Attack on Florida Golf Course

VENICE, Fla. ? A Tennessee man survived an attack by an alligator while retrieving a golf ball at a Florida golf course Monday.

Bruce Burger, of Lenore City, Tenn., reached into a pond at the sixth hole of Lake Venice Golf Club Monday afternoon when the alligator apparently grabbed his right forearm Course Manager Rod Parry told FOXNews.com.
?He didn?t see the gator,? Parry said. ?Obviously, the gator reacted to what he probably thought was some kind of food.?

The alligator latched onto Burger's right forearm and pulled him in the pond, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. He used his left arm to beat on the reptile until it freed him.

Parry said the man reportedly called for help and a lady came, got in his golf cart and took him to the clubhouse.

"I saw him reach down to get his ball and he yelled ... 'Help. Help. I've been bitten by a gator,"' said Janet Pallo, who was playing the fifth hole and ran over to take the man to the clubhouse.

A compress was held directly on Burger?s wound until paramedics arrived.
Burger had puncture wounds on his right forearm as well as a strained groin from the attack. Parry said when medical personnel arrived, Burger was placed on a gurney and transported to a local hospital.
"We hope he?s doing pretty well,? he told FOXNews.com.
Morse said the gator measured 10 feet, 11 inches.

Parry said it took officers around an hour and 20 minutes to bait the gator before taking him away. He was unsure if the gator was one-eyed, but did say he was told it was blind in one eye. (Happy Gilmore Gator?)

Parry said course employees recalled another time when a golfer had been attacked on the course. The golfer?s shoe was punctured when an alligator bit his foot while retrieving a ball at the same pond where Burger was bitten.

The pond at the sixth hole has a "Beware of Alligator" sign posted because the staff is aware that a large alligator likes to hang out there.
"Unfortunately, that's part of Florida," Parry said. "There's wildlife in these ponds."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286756,00.html

[dеiтайожни]

Pretty sure that wasn't me. My article will read, "Man eaten by mother gator as he attempts to capture it's baby for a pet"

Originally Posted by h2co-pilot

Help. Help. I've been bitten by a gator

That's a funny way of calling for help.

[Agriv8r]

did anyone ask the gator if he wanted fries with his burger....



i know, sorry......

[dеiтайожни]

[NewHummerGuy]

1 eyed gator......reminds me of Happy Gilmore and Chubbs Peterson.....

[jmsspratlin]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

Wow, thought that might have been you....

One of ours in action?

[marin8703]

dang florida is a dangerous state

[CO Hummer]

Parry said the man reportedly called for help and a lady came, got in his golf cart and took him to the clubhouse.

Saved by a chick. Nice, Dei.

[dеiтайожни]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Saved by a chick. Nice, Dei.

What are you talking about, saved? All it says is a lady came. Not an uncommon thing for the ladies to do when I'm around. BTW - the one-eyed gator was a metaphor in case you haven't gotten it yet.

[h2co-pilot]

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

What are you talking about, saved? All it says is a lady came. Not an uncommon thing for the ladies to do when I'm around. BTW - the one-eyed gator was a metaphor in case you haven't gotten it yet.

I thought this part was pretty accurate:

"I saw him reach down to get his ball and he yelled ... 'Help. Help.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by marin8703

dang florida is a dangerous state

4 sale --- 2 homes in Miami !!!

[dеiтайожни]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

I thought this part was pretty accurate:

Ever since one of them went back up, the other has gotten pretty huge. I'm not above asking for assistance when I'm about to throw my back out.

[Agriv8r]