# 'Alligator' attack?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346 "2005-09-06T15:21:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/1 "2005-09-06T15:21:45Z")

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I saw a scene where a guy is on a beach of a river. A giant alligator _leaps_ into the water and heads straight for him. Rain is falling, and mortars are exploding on the far shore. The alligator’s mouth opens and machine gun fire comes out of it. As the 'gator reaches the shore a guy in assault gear crawls out of its mouth. (The ‘alligator’ is a machine.)

Did I really see that on a clip on TV? Or was it a dream I had last night? I think it was the latter.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/2 "2005-09-06T15:23:58Z")

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Let’s hope it was a movie. Nobody should have “B” Dreams.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/3 "2005-09-06T16:06:47Z")

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The more I think about it, the more I think it was a dream.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/4 "2005-09-06T16:22:00Z")

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You should fire your writer.

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**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/5 "2005-09-06T16:29:29Z")

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Well, James Bond was in a fake gator once.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/6 "2005-09-06T17:09:34Z")

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Looks like somebody needs to put in a few more hours studyin’ [the old chart](http://www.larrymudd.com/images/b3ta/the_old_chart.jpg).

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**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/7 "2005-09-06T20:00:42Z")

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That wasn’t “Octopussy” was it?

mm

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/8 "2005-09-06T20:46:22Z")

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> [@mamboman](#):
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> That wasn’t “Octopussy” was it?
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> mm

My guess would have been _Live and Let Die_… if it was _Octopussy_ then it should have been a ‘Crocodile’.

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**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/9 "2005-09-06T23:04:36Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> My guess would have been _Live and Let Die_… if it was _Octopussy_ then it should have been a ‘Crocodile’.

It was Octopussy, but I wasn’t checking the species of plastic reptile. 😛

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**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-attack/320346/10 "2005-09-07T02:46:13Z")

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No more pepperoni-and-jalapeno pizza before bedtime! If I had dreams like that, I’d be afraid to go to sleep. It does sound like a really bad B movie.

Coming soon to a theater near you:  
The Trojan Alligator