TheNewNo.2
June 26th, 2007, 11:27 PM
Do I need to add the obligatory joke about a water hazard?
Golfer survives chomp by alligator
VENICE, Fla. - For a Tennessee man, trying to fetch his golf ball from a Florida pond cost him more than an extra stroke on his score. It nearly cost him his arm.
Bruce Burger went to get his ball out of the sixth hole pond when a nearly-eleven-foot, one-eyed alligator latched onto his right forearm and dragged him into the water.
Burger battered the reptile with his free arm until the gator let go.
Another golfer heard Burger scream and ran over to drive him to the clubhouse. Burger was taken to a hospital, but he was not seriously injured.
Seven Fish and Wildlife officers spent an hour trapping the alligator.
The pond had been posted with a "Beware of Alligator" sign.
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/6963650
Golfer survives chomp by alligator
VENICE, Fla. - For a Tennessee man, trying to fetch his golf ball from a Florida pond cost him more than an extra stroke on his score. It nearly cost him his arm.
Bruce Burger went to get his ball out of the sixth hole pond when a nearly-eleven-foot, one-eyed alligator latched onto his right forearm and dragged him into the water.
Burger battered the reptile with his free arm until the gator let go.
Another golfer heard Burger scream and ran over to drive him to the clubhouse. Burger was taken to a hospital, but he was not seriously injured.
Seven Fish and Wildlife officers spent an hour trapping the alligator.
The pond had been posted with a "Beware of Alligator" sign.
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/6963650