# Gator bites man's head... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gator-bites-mans-head/125996 "2002-08-28T22:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gator-bites-mans-head/125996/21 "2002-08-30T10:52:36Z")
May be a good REM song. But, let me emphasize this, **NOBODY DOES IT IN FLORIDA LAKES.** Alligators love to hunt at night. I cannot believe how stupid this guy was. I’ve read about someone dangling a foot in a Florida lake at night and getting pulled right off the dock. SWIMMING?! Personally, I saw a transplant (not-native Floridian) letting her chocolate lab. swim in a lake. This was around 8 in the morning. But for me screaming at her, the 10 foot alligator stalking her dog would have had a tasty snack. Then, of course, she called animal control claiming the alligator was a nuisance gator. They came and shot it. I guess to someone not from Florida, pretty much every alligator is a nuisance gator. We just have learned to coexist with them. This involves staying the hell out of the water at the wrong place and times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gator-bites-mans-head/125996.md?page=1)