Re: [Paddlewise] Manatee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Denton" <gulfstream_at_flinet.com>
To: "'patmossz'" <patmossz_at_bellsouth.net>; <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 2:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Manatee


> A couple of years ago I was approaching Picnic Key from Everglades City
> and I surprised what I thought was a manatee. There was a big animal
> trying to get away in a hurry, and then I saw the reptile's tail break
> the water. It was apparently a salt water croc about 8 or 9 feet in
> length. Surprised the hell out of me!
>
> cya
>

Sounds about an inch longer than the giant golden orb weaver that jumped in
my boat and turned me over.
This was in a dark, murky mangrove tunnel just north of the Deering Estate
south of Miami.
I had spotted a crocodile in that area on an earlier trip and did not want
to be in the water.

My re-entry technique was too complicated for any of you to handle.


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