September 25, 2006: Gator gets deer

A reader (thanks!) sends along this set and it turned out to have been documented on Snopes. That link leads to a press release with larger images.

This is from 2004, but you know the deal - I haven't seen 'em before and maybe you haven't either. In any case, mind-boggling. Taken by a fire helicopter, they estimate the gator at about 13 feet.

Seen this happen... it is always amazing.

In the second pic, the gator appears to be smiling but then why wouldn't he be?

Hmmm . . . surf n' turf

Why do I always look at these?

Pretty good photo's even from a girls point of view. Poor deer.
Our Aussie hero Steve Irwin would loved to have seen this, but I'm positive that he's seen better shots then this one and in person.
R.I.P. Steve.

Is that an alligator or a crocodile? i don't know the differences....

From Snopes;

They dont have crocs in the US!

...Do they?

Hi maximum, welcome to the Cellar.

Cool critters? You wouldn't think so if you tried to get a drink and one of those suckers burst up and grabbed your nose.

No Bruce, they wouldn't just grab your nose, they'd grab your entire head and body. Those little critters are strong and scary things.

Thank you, Bruce. Good to be here! I have been a Cellar viewer for a long time, but finally decided to be interactive.

You have to wonder how this came to be. I would suppose the deer was wading or swimming from point A to B and the alligator took the opportunity to grab a meal.

Those sneaky aligators!

It kind of reminds me of those old Johnny Weissmuller "Tarazan" movies I used to watch as a kid on Saturday mornings. Every movie seemed to have at least one scene where a boat full of natives was in hot pursuit of Tarzan as he swam across a river. Something would tip the boat and the whole crew would go into the water screaming, then they would cut to a scene on the shore and a pack of crocodiles would jump into the water. Then the fun would begin with the natives thrashing about, as large rubber crocodile props would be shown rolling around in the water eating the screaming natives. I eventually realized that it was the same shoreline scene in every movie that they were using.

Oh, and Tarzan always got away.

Oh sure, same old story, Whitey using the black man for his own benefit.

I didn't realize we had crocs in the US...are there any around texas? for some reason I feel more concerned about crocs than I do alligators.

Famous last deer lines:
was it me or did that log just move?

Exactly, they wait just below the surface, the deer is drinking then WHAM!
We have a lot of lakes around here and see it a lot with the swamp bunnies.

Thats a crocodile, so it can't be anywhere in the States. Croc, broad head, alligator, tapered head...

Did you read the press release, linked in UT's post?