74 Y.O. Woman Dragged Into Lake While Gardening By Alligator

[matcom]

<snip>

A nearly 10-foot-long alligator bit a woman on the leg and arm and dragged her into a Sanibel lake Wednesday evening as she was gardening near the bank behind her home, Sanibel police said.

Jane C. Keefer, 74, of 1075 Blue Heron Drive, still was being treated in the emergency room at HealthPark Medical Center early today after being attacked by a 9-foot, 7-inch-long male alligator about 8 p.m. in the Gulf Shores subdivison.

Sanibel Police Chief Bill Tomlinson said the animal’s actions toward Keefer, who was stable and in good condition while being treated, appeared to have been unprovoked.

Bitten first on the leg, Keefer was able to fight the alligator off, Tomlinson said. The reptile lunged at her a second time, biting her arm and dragging her into the water, said Lar Gregory, an investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

With the help of her husband, William, she was able to repel the alligator and got back on land, Gregory said.

http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040422gatorattack.html

[hellboy]

1. Sounds like Condoleeza Rice was hungry.

[IronLionZion]

2. Florida is crazy

my aunt found an 11 foot gator in her garage one fine day. And that was in Gainsville. Florida Gator country.

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. And another senior dove off the end of his dock a few years ago

and was attacked by a shark.

[VelmaD]

3. Wow. That's not far from where...

my little brother lives. Eep. Gotta remind him to keep an eye out for gators.

[m-jean03]

4. Thanks for the levity, Matcom

Though some of these stories are tragedies, I suppose, they're bizarre enough to make me smile!

You're on a roll today, aren't you?:-)

[Love Bug]

5. Geez, matcom, where do you get this stuff?

That whole thing reads like a Far Side cartoon!

[cheezus]

6. that's why you shouldn't garden by an alligator!

[GOPisEvil]

7. Yet another reason NOT to move to Florida!

Yikes!

[nickgutierrez]

8. True

74 year old people gardening are scary!

:crazy:

[BringEmOn]

9. Polk Salad Annie....gator got your granny...

Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was aworkin' on the chain-gang
(a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy. Pick a mess of it)

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. I hope that's not the title.

Sounds like it was the alligator who was doing the gardening.

[DrWeird]

12. Fucking dangling modifiers.

nt

[matcom]

14. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

:thumbsup:

[WI_DEM]

13. I could never live in some of these places

near swamp land where gators also live. I would never be able to relax when I was outside or even feel safe if I left my door open!!

[DS1]

15. Grammatically speaking, this headline suggests that she was

using the alligator much like a weedwhacker, and was dragged into a lake by some other force.

[matcom]

16. Garden Gnomes

that would be MY guess anyway :D