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May 04, 2006
Never, EVER Do
...THIS.
Ronald Bergeron wanted to put on a show when he came across a nearly 8-foot alligator while giving guests a tour of his private nature preserve. The alligator had another idea.Bergeron, a South Florida real estate tycoon, was bit on the hand while trying to wrestle the animal and dragged into water 15-feet deep Sunday.
Those who witnessed the event spent the weekend at the 5,000-plus-acres by donating $10,000 to the Boys and Girls Club.
"Couples donate a lot of money to charities for the weekend and I always tell them I'm going to wrestle an alligator," Bergeron, 62, said Wednesday. "It's part of my Florida cracker culture. My grandfather was a game warden in the Everglades and I grew up around alligators."
The "Florida Cracker" line explains quite a bit.
Posted by tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 08:22 AM
Comments
The gator gets two points for the takedown.
Posted by: Rob at May 4, 2006 11:32 AM
Miss Florida Cracker is glossing over the fellow's excuse on her site. And she talks bad about the selective reporting in the NYT...
Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 11:48 AM
What? It's simply a sport best suited to young men.
Keith Richards shouldn't be climbing palm trees either.
Posted by: Donnah at May 4, 2006 01:33 PM
That was an rapier like response/analogy. You're right ~ he shouldn't. First thing I said when I heard it.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 01:45 PM
And old billionaires shouldn't be climbing Ann............uh, never mind.
Posted by: Rob at May 4, 2006 02:49 PM
I think he died with a smile on his face, Rob.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 4, 2006 03:33 PM
One would think...
Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 04:04 PM
I think they were filming flashback sequences for the local production of "Peter Pan".
Posted by: Nightfly at May 4, 2006 04:38 PM
Or a grimace.
Posted by: Rob at May 4, 2006 04:39 PM
Holy shit!!
Put on a show?
This nutbar should consider a puppet show.
I'm scared shitless of alligators.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at May 4, 2006 11:22 PM
A Warm Swill Welcome Aboard, Jim!
And I guess we don't have to tell you to keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times...
Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 4, 2006 11:36 PM
What's the old joke about the most common last words of a Florida Cracker...
"Hey y'all! Watch this!"
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 5, 2006 07:35 AM
LOL.
Posted by: Donnah at May 5, 2006 09:36 PM