How did the man lose his arm to the alligator?
The alligator clamped down on the man’s arm and dragged him into a nearby pond. The man lost the arm below the elbow in the struggle. Wildlife officials worked quickly to capture and kill the alligator, before cutting the reptile open to remove the arm from its digestive tract.
Did an alligator bite off a South Carolina golfer’s arm?
From Berkeley County South Carolina … Don’t go fishing for your golf ball … The above-displayed photographs have been linked to an October 2009 incident in which a 10-foot alligator bit off the arm of a 77-year-old South Carolina golfer as the latter leaned over to retrieve his ball at a pond on the Ocean Creek Golf Course:
How did they get the arm off Hedden the parrot?
Officers from the state’s Department of Natural Resources shot the 550-pound reptile, cut it open, and removed Hedden’s arm from its stomach, then placed the limb in a picnic cooler and rushed it to the hospital with a police escort. Doctors decided against attempting to reattach the arm, however.
What happens if an alligator takes your golf ball?
As reported by KABB, the US Golf Association has rules in place for these types of bizarre instances, which they call "abnormal course conditions." Alligators are considered "dangerous animals" in the Association's rulebook, and as such, encountering one can qualify golfers for "relief." This "relief" can include ...
Why do golf courses have alligators?
Alligators often turn up on golf courses as they provide a safe habitat with plenty of prey. In his masters thesis, Eli Beal, from the University of North Florida, examined the stomach contents of alligators on golf courses on Jekyll Island, Georgia, to establish what they were eating at these locations.
Has a pro golfer ever attacked an alligator?
Scott Lahodik, 51, was doing the job the course hired him to do when the alligator clamped down on his left arm and caused a significant injury to his arm, according to FOX 13 and WFTS.
Do alligators eat golf balls?
Share All sharing options for: Giant gator eats golf ball after being hit in the head. Golf course gators, a Florida tradition like no other. Seeing an alligator in a water hazard isn't anything new, but few actually eat the golf ball like this one did.
MrParr1Noid
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A 77-year-old man has lost his lower arm after he was bitten by an alligator on a coastal South Carolina golf course.
BEND OF THE RIVER GC
Whene ver I play down south, I tend not to look for golf balls near gator territory! Ouch!
MrParr1Noid
Back 10 or 11 years ago, my son and myself played several courses down in the Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina area.
BEND OF THE RIVER GC
The superintendent at Jekyll Island once told me that once they get big enough to start draggind deer into the ponds (while they drink) they catch them and send 'em down to the everglades. They pretty much try to keep them under 6 feet long there. Not so sure what they do at Fripp Island though. I would imagine that 10 feet is pretty darn BIG.
Sawgrass
What a horrible story. Poor guy, I hope he ends up healthy. Those things are so big, ugly and fast. But they look sleepy until they want to pounce. I was playing Harbour Town one year and a guy I was paired with hooked his drive a little on the par 5 15th.
BEND OF THE RIVER GC
I watched a golf ball diver in those ponds at Jekyll dive for golf balls, with gators, in the pond, he had a 7 iron that he kept poking at them to keep them away. They kept going at him the whole time.
Ronzo
Below the elbow. They should call the poor guy "Amos Moses" from this point on. RIP Jerry Reed.
How old was Bill Hedden when he lost his arm?
These pictures were actually taken a couple of years earlier and were published in conjunction with a September 2007 news story about Bill Hedden, a 59-year-old snorkeler who lost his arm to a 12-foot gator at Lake Moultrie in South Carolina:
What happened to the man's arm?
The alligator clamped down on the man’s arm and dragged him into a nearby pond. The man lost the arm below the elbow in the struggle . Wildlife officials worked quickly to capture and kill the alligator, before cutting the reptile open to remove the arm from its digestive tract.
What happened to the 550 pound reptile?
Officers from the state’s Department of Natural Resources shot the 550-pound reptile, cut it open, and removed Hedden’s arm from its stomach, then placed the limb in a picnic cooler and rushed it to the hospital with a police escort.
Who traced the bloody trail through the tree line and to the shore where he saw a pool of answer
They put ice on his wound, instructed him to take deep breaths and told him stories to keep him awake. One of the picknickers, Jerome Bien, traced the bloody trail through the tree line and to the shore where he saw a pool of blood in the sand.
