Big, Big, Big

[bulldurham]

Big, Big, Big Gator...and this only shows about 2/3 of him....He blocked the trail for the better part of forty minutes before moving on. I'd estimate an easy 12 foot.

 

[tirediron]

Didja pet him? He's obviously friendly. Look... in #2, he's smiling!

 

[baturn]

Very nice. I must see this for myself someday - maybe a little farther away.

 

[bulldurham]

Didja pet him? He's obviously friendly. Look... in #2, he's smiling!

No, but I did try to egg on a kid to jump over his back, thereby startling the gator to move..but he was either deaf, ignoring me or not nearly as stupid as most kids his age.

 

[bulldurham]

To give you a sense of scale, I'm 5'1" and weigh 182 and I would fit in the widest part of his mouth from left hip to right hip with ease.

 

[fmw]

I'd give that guy a wide berth!

 

[Hunter58]

We're you at Circle B? That looks like Humpback... he's a bad boy, had taken out a lot of other gators, not one to be messed with.

 

[benhasajeep82 81]

I thought for sure this was going to be a Bear picture.

John Candy in Great Outdoors.

 

[bulldurham]

We're you at Circle B? That looks like Humpback... he's a bad boy, had taken out a lot of other gators, not one to be messed with.

Was at Circle B but he's a bit smaller than Humpback...but not more than a foot.

 

[Hunter58]

We're you at Circle B? That looks like Humpback... he's a bad boy, had taken out a lot of other gators, not one to be messed with.

Was at Circle B but he's a bit smaller than Humpback...but not more than a foot.

All the big ones look the same I guess. It's a bummer when they hang out on the trail so long, especially if your burning the morning light. It's a long way around to go back the other way. I haven't been going out there with the unpredictable rain we've been having, you gotta bring rain gear with you just in case.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice shots BD. I like the second one the best of the bunch. Not something I would want to encounter in the dark.

WesternGuy

 

[birdbonkers84]

love that second shot, he looks huge and heavy!

 

[smoke665]

You should have just walked up and thumped him on the head, and ran. I've heard the big ones can only run 7-8 miles an hour. Curious minds would be interested in knowing if this was true!! LOL

 

[BrentC]

Awesome! Love that second shot.