Re: [Paddlewise] warning,Charleston,life,Derek,sharks and etc.

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:38:46 -0400
>That could be scary nonetheless, I had a alligator follow me around in the
>Okeefenokee swamp .........
> Later the ranger told me that it was part of the mating
>ritual and I was lucky it wasn't bigger or hornier or my big yellow canoe
>would of been compromised.

    Interesting.  My paddling career started when I was a student at UF.  My
first boat was a yellow FG canoe of uncertain manufacture.  It was called
"Gator Grabber" because that's what it was used for ( Zoology Major).  We'd
go out at night, grab, measure, and release them.  5 ft. was about as big as
we were willing to grab.
Joe P.



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