Man-oh-man, oh-Man ... My first thought is that, Bruce, aka Doc, you should go right away to buy a Lotto ticket as soon as you make shore !! If this had been me, I'm afraid I would make someone a "very good deal" on several boats, numerous paddles, couple miles of rope, vehicle racks, swim suit, rain hat, and PFD !! Yeah, yeah take the sunglasses too !! Quite a thought provoking write-up of possibly ( ...hopefully ) a once in a lifetime event. Too late in life for me to get re-addicted to adrenaline. Thanks for sharing your encounter. On local waters ( Ouachita River ) this past weekend a bowhunter brought in a huge alligator gar. The thing was almost 8 ft long and weighed a bit over 200. Little bitty tail at the rear and this GREAT BIG MOUTH full of teeth up front there !! No record ever, that I am aware of, regarding attacks on humans in water. But, the evolutionary clock is still ticking, non ? I saw this thing as I came in to the landing. They had him hauled up with a rope and here I am in this skinny, narrow, way-too-small, little boat !! Anyone know how to glue neoprene to chain-mail ?? ...adieu ...Peyton (Louisiana) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 11:25:55 PDT
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