Alligators can be scary things. A woman was attacked by an 11-foot-long alligator in the South Fork of the St Lucie River Wednesday night while she was going for a swim. It grabbed her hand and began to pull her under, but her boyfriend helped her get free and got her to the EMTs. The reports on the television news came from Charlie Leighton Park in Palm City, Florida, just across the Palm City Bridge from our condo complex, as seen in the photograph on the left. I originally assumed that the alligator attack took place there.
It occurred to me at the time that the damn thing might be wandering around here, too. Not that I was afraid - I was just hoping to get a photograph of an 11-foot-long alligator. However, reading the newspaper the next day, I found out the incident actually happened farther south, in a more deserted part of the river, and the boyfriend got the woman back in their boat and took her to the best place for the EMTs to meet them. So much for that photo opportunity. Of course, I could just drive down to where the attack took place, wade into the river up to my waist with a camera and perhaps get that photograph after all. I have taken photos of alligators in the past, such as the one in the photograph on the right, but nothing that big. I'll have to give that plan some serious thought. What could go wrong, right?
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