Adding insult to injury

[poptart]

Fla. boater arrested for feeding
gator that bit off his hand



http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... BeEMEQkcmA


Weatherholt, who works for Captain Doug's Small
Airport Tours in Everglades City, was dangling a
fish at the water's surface during a June 12 tour, an
Indiana family told the Associated Press. A 9-foot-long
alligator then lunged and bit off Weatherholt's right
hand at the wrist.

State wildlife officers tracked and killed the gator.
Weatherholt's hand was found in the reptile's
stomach, but doctors could not reattach it.



"It's a very sad situation for Mr. Weatherholt, and
we wish this never happened to him," Pino told
ABC News. "But there are laws on the books to
protect people from this exact incident."







So very sorry about your hand, sir, but BOOK 'EM, Dano!

[Felix]

lemmee see.....some dude dangling meat (fish) in front of a 9 foot long reptile in the hopes of wowing his audience and the aforementioned reptile lunges and takes no only the dangling meat but the dudes hand off as well? wow, this is a surprise....too bad the gator didn't drag that dumb sonofabitch down to the bottom and finish the job.....
heres a clue.....when a 1,500 pound animal with razor sharp teeth and a voracious appetite is going after dangling meat, said animal doesn't make a distinction between dead fish and a human extremity....and the fact the idiot was arrested for feeding the gator just adds insult to injury......

the darwin awards should give this guy an honorable mention at least....

[mvscal]

Now he can get a hook, though. That could actually increase his swamp cred with the tourists. There might even be a peg leg in this guy's future as well.