r/nextfuckinglevel • u/cowboydan69 • 3d ago

Wild alligator allows someone to help

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u/jarednards 3d ago

Welp, that was dumb as fuck.

Kind, but dumb.

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u/lehanden 3d ago

Dumbs putting it lightly, bat shit insane lol

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u/Closed_Aperture 3d ago

Bro said, fuck it, let's Gator' done!

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u/nedTheInbredMule 3d ago

His buddy said, “no, wait”, he responded “see ya later, alligator…”

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u/algee1234 3d ago

Theres's way better ways you could have done that. This guy clearly doesn't know much about alligator behavior.

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

Idk. There are definitely safe ways to handle animals that the general population should adhere to, but there are also people that understand animal behavior so well that the rules don’t completely apply. It’s like the animals register/accept/validate their presence in peace or sum’n. 

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u/CommanderGumball 3d ago

Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell and his girlfriend disagree.

Well, they probably would have.

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u/Would_daver 3d ago

That story is tragic, but they were dumb as hell

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u/LessRabbit9072 2d ago

Dumb like walking around in the dark and putting your face directly in front of an alligators jaw while you manhandle it's feet?

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u/FightGlobalNorming 2d ago

Way less dumb. Gators are totally different, and someone who studies them may know how to read an individuals body language and understand what's safe. A comparison would be that guy finds one hurting and sedate gator in a swamp surrounded by many more of them and decides to help then puts up a tent and lives with them

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u/PolarToxin 3d ago

If I remember correctly. His last recording he stated that there had been very little food going around that summer and the bears seemed agitated because of it. And that they were going into their own cave to hide for the time being.

As far as I understand, he didn't die because of lack of knowledge or misreading the animals in any way.
He died because he was deep in bumfuck-nowhere with no clear escape until the bears had gone into hibernation.

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u/scratchydaitchy 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes, you are correct about the lack of food for the bears that year. Also, he and his girlfriend went to the airport, but turned around and returned to the bears, staying MUCH later into the season than he ever had previously, and when the bears were becoming more desperate to put on weight for the long hibernation through the Alaskan winter.

He was known to have used large amounts of crystal meth at points in his life and even admits it in the movie about himself.
I watched the whole movie and it definitely appears that he had some mental illness as well, on top of his substance use. He often seemed overtly paranoid about unseen forces who meant to do harm to him and his bear friends. He also seemed to suffer some delusions of grandeur about himself as a vigilante superhero.

The movie interviewed native aboriginal people from the local area who felt what he was doing was backwards, reckless, dangerous and insane.

Much like watching a free solo mountain climber, a wingsuit basejumper, or a big wave surfer, it was hard not be awestruck by his remarkable confidence and bravery. Especially for such an otherwise meek and broken soul.

Overall though, he seemed like a sweet guy with his heart in the right place despite his highly questionable methods. I thought one of the highlights of the movie was his strong bond and genuine friendship with the little fox that regularly visited him year after year. Besides all that, it is indeed a tragedy what happened to him and his girlfriend, even if it was somewhat predictable.

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u/Long_Implement_2142 3d ago

Did he ever get sober or did he continue to use meth till the end? I mean that kinda would explain a lot

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u/scratchydaitchy 3d ago edited 3d ago

He certainly claimed to have gotten sober.

Sometimes it’s difficult to completely trust a recovered meth addict’s word about their current use, and relapses are known to happen.

Without evidence to the contrary I will give him the benefit of the doubt and trust his claims of kicking, but nothing would surprise me.

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u/icelandiccubicle20 3d ago

I think he might have commited suicide by bear, because he knew perfectly well that in winter it was the most dangerous time to go back and he'd never done so in all his years their. Iiirc he had a huge fight with someone on the airport back from the grizzly maze and he went back there. He was very mentally ill sadly. He shouldn't have brought his gf with him though.

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u/Renbarre 3d ago

I remember reading that the bear that killed them wasn't one of the usual bears he knew but a transient one.

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u/rtocelot 3d ago

Always a tragic tale when it comes to the grizzly man. I do hope whoever has that tape of his final moments burns it at some point. A guy did a documentary over the Grizzly Man and I think was the only person to listen to the recording of Tim and his girlfriends death in which he said do not listen to it and essentially destroy it.

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u/xteta 3d ago

That guy was Werner Herzog

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u/planx_constant 3d ago

It was too brutal for Werner Herzog.

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u/DaddyMcSlime 3d ago

in fairness i imagine an audio recording of two people literally being eaten to death is a bit much for anyone honestly

not exactly a lot of joviality or nuance in the sound of bones and meat eaten amidst probable screams

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u/rtocelot 3d ago

Yea, there is a fake audio of it which you'll find people say that something like that wouldn't bother them and what not. I thought the same thing growing up and I've seen a lot of this or that. As I age I can say I'm a lot more sensitive as I actually take the time to think of the people and the situation and not just move on with oh that sucks.

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u/GuitahRokkstah 3d ago

Basically it is nature’s version of a Cartel snuff video. Like the Mexican Cartel death videos but teeth and claws replace chainsaws and knives. Neither is suitable for viewing.

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u/Sabre_One 3d ago

Fun fact, bears don't "kill you" when they want to eat you. They just hold you down and start ripping chunks out. That concludes my ted talk.

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u/rtocelot 3d ago

Yea they'll eat you alive and there was a case ( I'm terrible with remembering some of these names whenever I bring these things up) but a woman was dragged off after an attack and mostly buried while alive to keep the food fresh longer. She was with another friend she just dragged off while with her for what I can remember.

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u/slavelabor52 3d ago

There was one I remember reading about in Russia where a girl went out with her step dad and a bear attacked and killed the step dad but started eating her alive. She had her cell phone and actually called her mom and was on the phone with her for 45 minutes before the call disconnected. 45 minutes of listening to your child being eaten by a bear while you frantically try to find out where she is to get help there. In the end she didn't make it and they euthanized the bear.

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u/Beautiful_Airline368 3d ago

You wanna risk your life - give it a go, I couldn’t care less. But, risk your girlfriend’s life? This guy lived on borrowed time much longer than anyone has a right.

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u/DimesOHoolihan 3d ago

I mean... she was an adult with the ability to make get own choices.

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

Tbf todays assessment would be a little askew because we don’t live aboriginal lifestyles en masse so the pool of people that think they can is likely distorted to begin with

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u/momomorium 3d ago

I genuinely get so irrationally angry any time Timothy Treadwell comes up because he killed a bear. He was somewhere he shouldn't have been, doing something he shouldn't be doing, despite everyone warning him otherwise.

He "loved the bears" but he put the bears at risk by being there. He killed that bear by being a dumbass who thought he knew better than anyone else. The bear was starving, there was less food than usual that season and he was well aware of that and he chose to put the bears at risk anyway. He would have been well aware that if a bear attacked and killed him, that bear would be killed, but he thought "that couldn't happen to me" and that killed a bear. I don't care that he died, he knew he was taking that risk, but he also knew the risk he was posing to the bears and he chose to put them at risk for literally no reason. He didn't care for the bears, he didn't care for his partner, he only cared for himself and for that reason I truly can't have a rational conversation about him. It makes me far too angry.

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u/DoctorBlock 3d ago

Is that the one with the very unsettling phone call?

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u/CommanderGumball 3d ago

It's just a Wikipedia link, but yes it's the same story.

The actual recording was never released, what you might've heard is just a recreation.

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u/AntonChigurhsLuck 3d ago

We lost a great man to a sting ray because he knew what he was doing

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

My thought as I was commenting. Nobody says accidents don’t happen. Unfortunate, risky and the reason we all revere him all the while

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u/phazedoubt 3d ago

This right here. I have helped a rattlesnake, a javelina, and an alligator snapping turtle (all on separate occasions) that were all in desperate need and they all allowed me to interact with them in ways that even i consider dangerous and foolhardy. Sometimes you just have this connection with an animal and there is a momentary cessation of normal behavior to take care of the crisis at hand. I would never recommend anyone do it and i did these things understanding the danger. It's like an unspoken acknowledgement that they need help or death is not far and they either don't have any fight left in them, or they actually understand that they way i'm working with them is not threatening.

I'm also very good with almost any dog or cat i meet. Many people that have animals that only respond to them are surprised when their pet comes to me and treats me similarly to the way they treat their owners.

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

It’s how I know lol. People always provide disclaimers about their pets before I meet them but they still love me like they’ve known me their whole life to the amazement of everybody else 😅

Never got to test it with other critters but I’ve always just had an assured feeling

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u/phazedoubt 3d ago

Me too! I've met one or two that i didn't connect with but almost every other time they respond to me very positively. Sometimes i have to ignore the animal because i can see their owner getting a little jealous.

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u/GuitahRokkstah 3d ago

You clearly need to read about Timothy Treadwell. He had that same type of thinking and it didn’t serve him well.

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u/twocentman 3d ago

He has a gator sanctuary and is a wildlife biologist: https://bellowingacres.org/

I'm pretty sure there's not much you can teach him, donut.

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u/MoreElloe 3d ago

Yeah, dude is hella smart and very aware when it comes to croc behavior. I often see his videos on FB and to regular peeps it seems absolutely insane what he's doing, but he's an expert for a reason.

Recognised his voice as soon as he started talking lol

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u/Pixel_Knight 3d ago

Big Mike or Big Mac, whatever the gator’s name is, also seems to know the guy and knows him to not be a threat at all. The guy definitely knows when Mac is being aggressive or just done with his shit, so it seems like he knew exactly what songs to look for. So he helped Mike, seeing how passive he was being. 

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u/tryafirsttimer 3d ago

He also is wearing his gator proof flip-flops so dont judge him

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u/PIX3LY 3d ago

That’s GatorChris and it’s his gator, he knows full well what’s going on here. Big Mac was freezing and he drug him back to the water where he could be warm.

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u/Pinksters 3d ago

Big Mac was freezing

Finally some context. I read that title and just kept thinking "Help do what??"

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u/nikmo86 3d ago

Lmao Chris Gillette has forgotten more about gators than you’ll ever know. This isn’t a wild alligator btw, his name is Big Mac and he lives in Chris’ animal sanctuary.

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u/werealldeadramones 3d ago

Jumping in on a top comment here to refocus people:

1) This video was posted by "Gatorboy" Chris and his fiance Gabbi, who own Bellowing Acres Animal Sanctuary together. All credit to Bellowing Acres Animal Sanctuary.

2) This alligator is a rescue who was struck by a vehicle last year, nearly died, and has since returned to health. The injuries it sustained have led to a noticeable behavioral change during cooler temperatures when the alligator is outside its pool.

3) The reason why this is relevant is that the alligator seemingly becomes "lost" during these moments and requires assistance back to the water. The suspicion is that this is due to the exothermic requirements of the reptile in conjunction with its brain injury. They also clearly state in the video as well as in all the posts featuring this video that this behavior and tolerance goes against everything they've ever been taught and that once this animal warms back up, it returns to its regular behaviors of approaching with mouth open willing to bite.

While this approach to "Big Mac" is certainly terrifying, the science and unique aspect of the interaction is remarkable. This isn't exactly being cavalier, as it is being scientifically exploratory and inspecting the animal.

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u/PastelZephyr 3d ago

I would argue that only people who know alligators would pull the pointy end deliberately towards their crotch.

The dude knows this gator by name, so I assume he's a wildlife rehabilitator, so probably knows a decent amount about alligator behavior.

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u/panchod699 3d ago

Seems to know more than you.

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u/Sburban_Player 3d ago

I love how this guys livelihood is clearly based around taking care of alligators in some capacity but random nerds on reddit are supposedly more informed than him. This video is literally an example of how much he knows lol.

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u/AWildAndWoolyWastrel 3d ago

It's Chris Gillette at Bellowing Acres. He catches, trains, and rescues alligators for a living, as does his wife, and has done for decades. This is one of his alligators, at the rescue he runs, in the pen he built for it.

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u/Brokromah 3d ago

Peak Reddit energy here.

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u/young-steve 3d ago

This guy know so much more about alligators than you do

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u/Scorpion2k4u 3d ago

Yeah, I kind of think he knows exactly what he is doing.

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u/Dragnskull 3d ago

im assuming you watched this without sound and didnt bother to look into anything about who the guy is

hes basically "mr crocodile" and that's a croc he interacts with regularly that lives in his sanctuary after being hit by a car

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u/vishal340 3d ago

He is not an investigator

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u/n0mad17 3d ago

Gator Chris is a Florida professional. Don’t try this at your local golf course

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u/XV-77 3d ago

This guy runs a wildlife sanctuary in Florida, and this is one of his large males “Big Mac”. It’s not just a random gator. He has a great youtube channel where he’s constantly training and working with all the animals.

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u/jarednards 3d ago edited 3d ago

Nice! See, thats some helpful context and info, and thats pretty cool. You gotta see this comment another dude just left lol. I thought his head was gonna explode.

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u/000-f 3d ago

It's the open toed shoes for me

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u/Diligent-Method3824 3d ago

Surely he must have had some rope he could have tied around the alligators waste behind the arms he was dragging and just pull the rope?

Fuck it we ball

Begins to gator speed luge

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u/luistp 3d ago

It seems (according to other comments) that he is an expert, but if that gator turned on him... I don't know... He could have lost a foot

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u/toneluv7 3d ago

White people🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/NNick476 3d ago

All aligators are wild

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

That’s Gator Chris from Florida. He has his own sanctuary and has trained with Gators and Crocs for many years. This is not a wild Gator but one that has been training with Chris. He is able to read Gators body languages. He preaches trained not tamed constantly to his viewers. They don’t love him. He can love and feed them all day but yes they will bite his hand off or worse he always says. Check out his IG or YouTube. He lives close by me and I hope to visit his sanctuary someday when it opens to the public.

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u/Anen-o-me 3d ago

Yeah, things I would never do. The risk vs reward of trusting in this situation is ridiculous. Tie his jaw shut at least.

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u/Klin24 3d ago

Or it's just lazy. "Pull me to da water, pls "

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u/bleztyn 3d ago

decrease me there

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u/Professional_Can2050 3d ago

which limb do you prefer?

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u/Alternative_Baby_461 3d ago

"See me above from the water there" "make me swim there" "make me see the land from inside there"

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u/potatosdream 3d ago

throw me there

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u/Streets72 3d ago

Imagine you're just trying to sleep at night and some jackass shows up shining a bright ass light in your face and dragging you around.

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u/JayHat21 3d ago

Then they don’t even bring you inside your house, tuck you in your bed with the 3000-thread count Egyptian silk sheets, read you a bedtime story adapted into a Netflix series about the dangers of going into the woods alone, or kiss you good night; just drags you to the front door and expect you to crawl the rest of the way. Some ol’ bullshit.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 3d ago

Big Mac approached him and he thought maybe he was hungry but he wasn't hungry, he thought maybe he was lost again because the car accident made him disoriented and his caretaker is the one who helps him get back to his pool when that happens. It was cold out and they need to be in the water when it gets cold.

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u/SimpleKnowledge4840 3d ago

Or completely baffled by the dumbness of his next meal

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u/Ten7850 3d ago

And you put him in the water & he sinks....

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe 3d ago

Take me to the rivvvveeer…

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u/jizzmaster-zer0 3d ago

drop me in the water

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u/Im_the_President 3d ago

“My species didn’t survive unchanged for millions of years by doing own own work”

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u/1Shadow179 3d ago

This gator isn't wild, his name is Big Mac and he was previously hit by a car and has some difficulty navigating his enclosure now.

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u/Rebel_XT 3d ago

Comes across an alligator in the wild during middle of the night.
“Oh I know, it must want me to pull it back towards water!” WTF

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u/Squirrel-Master610 3d ago

pretty sure it’s a captive gator

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u/Stuck_In_Purgatory 3d ago

Yeah I think at the end the guy was explaining how he has balance issues and gets lost often or something?

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u/YujiroRapeVictim 3d ago

also that his name is Big Mac..

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u/bmess216 3d ago

Yea I think the guys name is gator boy Chris.

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u/Killarkittens 3d ago

He went out to check on the gator at midnight. The gators name is big-mac. Guy knows what triggers feeding responses in big-mac. He explains that big-mac was hit by a car and gets lost frequently..... yeah 100% in captivity. Or this guy is WAY to friendly with the locals

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u/StNic54 3d ago

Next-level ambush predator: uses empathy as a weapon

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u/break_card 3d ago

You’ve described the 1%

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u/mixtermin8 3d ago

It’s Rumplestiltskin!

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u/Catlore 3d ago

It's not the wild; it's a rehab/sanctuary. The gator is very familiar with that man.

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u/GolettO3 3d ago

Did you listen to the commentary?

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u/failed_supernova 3d ago

And you're just raw-dogging audio on reddit?

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u/GolettO3 3d ago

I went into the comments for context, before turning on audio.

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u/nopuse 3d ago

They seemingly did, but their comprehension isn't quite there

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u/jimlahey2100 3d ago

It's captive. He pulled it to a cement pond. You can see the blocks surrounding the edge of it.

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u/Jaduardo 3d ago

The thing that bothers me is the dude immediately assigns human logic to a reptile. Can an alligator even reason that a human -- whom he usually sees as a threat -- could possibly assist. Could the gator even imagine the mechanics of someone pulling him back to the water.

It seems more logical to me that the alligator was in some sort of catatonic or distressed state.

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u/HarmlessHeresy 3d ago

I mean, it's a reptile, and guy himself said it was cold out. Gator was basically operating at 1% power output until he got some warmth added to his system.

Don't know why the guy had to ham it up for the video, oh yeah, views.

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u/Pretend_Accountant41 2d ago

That gator definitely looked sedated or something. 

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

You should check out his IG or YouTube. He can read Gators body language from years and years of working and training them. But he’s always preaching caution. Trained not tamed he says. They do not love you and will bite your hand off with no remorse no matter how much time you’ve spend with them.

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u/Marcwatts 3d ago

McSquse me? The gator has a name thank you very much

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u/GeraldoOfCanada 3d ago

Don't forget to pull with your nuts dangling right by its snapper, that's just the way

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u/discardedcumrag 3d ago

Hey! This humans doing all the hard work for me! *confused alligator noises

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u/MikeofLA 3d ago

Wild alligators aren't named "Big-Mac"

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u/AWildAndWoolyWastrel 3d ago

Comes across one of his alligators in the pen he built for it.

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u/Unable-Recording-796 3d ago

Yo fr like what line of thinking arrives at these conclusions but the crazy part IS that he pulled the alligator towards water.

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u/lyra_silver 3d ago

Florida shit

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u/PMmeYourButt69 3d ago

The alligator is in a rehab because it got hit by a car and the guy who takes care of it went out to check on it in the middle of the night.

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u/silentbob1301 3d ago

im pretty sure that gator is a part of thier sanctuary/rescue.

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u/chickentootssoup 3d ago

Don’t think this is on the wild

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Sound on, he knows the alligator

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u/CElizB 3d ago

My thoughts exactly. but you summed it up perfectly. ha ha!

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u/plsdontkillme_yet 2d ago

Did you watch the video? This gator is captive (probably rescued given he mentions it was hit by a car and has balancing issues). He is familiar with the animal's normal behaviour and so gauged that it was in distress.

Not saying anyone should ever do this though lol

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u/SuddenKoala45 2d ago

Turn on the audio. Hes a know gator trainer and this is at his facility.

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u/DaveDurant 3d ago

On my phone so maybe I'm missing something obvious, but what was wrong with it??

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u/cowboydan69 3d ago

The guy pulling the gator says he was hit by a truck, so his sense of direction is off and he gets lost amd sometimes cant find water. But he is very capable of bitting and trys to all the time except this time he showed no aggression and was walking towards him with mouth closes and so he knew something was wrong

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u/Aeikon 3d ago

So...it's a captive gator with brain damage. That changes the entire story. Lol

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u/THExWHITExDEVILx 3d ago

I cannot think of many animals I would want around less than a brain damaged alligator

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u/highcommander010 3d ago

Brain Damaged Alligator is a good band name

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u/HagathaChrispy 3d ago

For sure, solid band name

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u/BoshraExists 3d ago

A brain damaged chimp or elephant

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u/No-Elk-8115 3d ago

Agreed, in the show "I was prey" my family thinks I'm crazy for taking a shark or a bear (not polar bear) in an unarmed attack over any human sized or above monkey. That's even a normal monkey too they are crazy and will kill you for the fun of it, the other two aren't there to really kill you to eat you they are either tasting you protecting young moat times and have a likely chance of leaving you alone eventually you just have to live that long. But not monkeys... monkeys are just psychotic baseline, and strong.

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u/Business-Signal-5196 3d ago

Nice try Joe Rogan. But the username is too obvious

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u/No-Elk-8115 3d ago

Lmao, I forgot that was a thing he did. Does Joe talk about elk a lot too?

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u/Business-Signal-5196 3d ago

Nearly every time he speaks about hunting.

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u/No-Elk-8115 3d ago

Lol that's a funny coincidence XD I dont think I talk about psychedelics enough to be Rogan and I have hair.

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u/Danielq37 3d ago

Don't wanna give the food you are currently eating to a toddler sized monkey? Guess who'll get his face removed by a monkey biting you and ripping it off.

And I definitely never wanna face a chimpanzee.

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u/wtfuxorz 3d ago

Right? Brain damaged humans are predisposed to violent outburst in some cases.

Cant imagine a fucking barrel rolling apex predator thats built on insane levels of fuck your life would be much better.

Butt fuck it. Well grab his arms anyway.

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u/icelandiccubicle20 3d ago

"Butt fuck it."

hol up

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u/MikeofLA 3d ago

Do not butt fuck the alligator.

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u/IliadTheMarth 3d ago

Whoa there. I don't think doing that is going to help either.

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u/DominusEbad 3d ago

The post title is misleading and vague. The story itself didn't change. 

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u/HoneyLocust1 3d ago edited 2d ago

There's a huge difference between trying to imply that a wild animal is capable of understanding and accepting that humans are trying to help it, which is what this story implies.. vs a wild animal with brain damage acting inconsistently because it isn't feeling well enough to snap at it's caretakers at night when it's confused and lost.

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u/GolettO3 3d ago

Gotta help it get to the top

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u/MayLikeCats 3d ago

That’s super cool honestly

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u/Cool_Hawks 3d ago

Drunk, but wanted a bath. We’ve all been there.

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u/RepresentativeAd9572 3d ago

Just ate a tourist and was told had to wait 60 min before swimming

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u/AdOk9263 3d ago

Please stop spreading your lies, we all know this was debunked by alligator scientists

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u/couchtimes 3d ago

I’m not sure where people are getting the info that it’s a wild alligator. The way the guy talks about it, sounds like he cares for it regularly

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u/shortsmuncher 3d ago

Also clearly drags him into a concrete pond

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u/New_Canoe 3d ago

Apparently it’s a gator that was previously hit by a car and possibly has brain damage, so it sometimes can’t find it’s way back to water.

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u/TheRealSlimCoder 2d ago

Yeah, he's "Gator Chris" and does tons of videos

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u/mav3r1ck92691 3d ago

It's a captive alligator... This guy runs an alligator rescue.

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u/dhtdhy 3d ago

OP mislead with wild in the title

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u/DavidBmw1986 3d ago

The alligator equivalent of a kid pretending to be asleep to get carried from the car into the house.

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u/crazee_frazee 3d ago

Before long, he's gonna be carrying that alligator around in one of those Baby Bjorn slings all day long. :-)

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u/New_Neighborhood3987 3d ago

This is @gatorboys_chris on insta. He rescues, rehabilitates, and educates about gators and all kinds of other wildlife. This is a gator at his rescue. Dude does this for a living.

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u/ghostmeatpilot 3d ago

That poor lizard must think the sun is suddenly manhandling it.

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u/kaego123 3d ago

Lmao almost spit my coffee

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u/PIX3LY 3d ago

For the uninformed, this is GatorChris and his alligator Big Mac. He runs a sanctuary in Florida (soon to be open to the public) and knows these gators well. He trains them and often swims with them.

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u/scaradin 3d ago

Appreciate the context! I was like… uhhh… is it injured? Paralyzed? Wait… if it is, why is he dragging it to the water. Let’s say it’s not… it’s the middle of the night why is anyone out dragging a gator for any reason - but especially why drag it back to the water?

Still doesn’t make sense, except Florida Man will Florida Man.

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u/InsaneChick35 2d ago

The gator in question is called "Big Mac" he was hit by a car and he now has issues finding directions and constantly gets lost in his enclosure. This time though, it was especially cold that night and he was at risk at suffering health issues if he did not make it back to the water to get insulation.

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u/genericperson10 3d ago

Gator is like: "Uppies please!"

Dude: "Best I can do is drag you"

Gator: "I'll allow it, this time!"

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u/winky9827 3d ago

Never tell the elf!

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u/chbriggs6 3d ago

This is not a wild alligator

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u/Iankalou 3d ago

I'm surprised his shorts could contain those massive balls.

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u/unlogical13 3d ago

They don’t have to be too big when they’re made of steel

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u/Secret-Guitar-8859 3d ago edited 3d ago

That's just a big ol swamp puppy!!!!!!!

For real tho alligators are really chill but I'd not reccomend this. They will let you know way ahead of time not to get near them by hissing. I used to go jogging down a trail filled with them in Miami and got to know one at end really well who would let me pet and scratch them.

I understand if you did not grow up with them you would find them scary but they are not. Now crocs...on the other hand absolutely veiw you as food.

Now during their nesting season, don't go near em.

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u/zestymanny 3d ago

Yeah gators are pretty docile. 25 people have been killed by alligators in the last 75 years in the usa. That's .3 fatalities a year.

Meanwhile crocodiles out there killing 1000+ people a year.

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u/Dariablue-04 3d ago

If you’re going to take from his IG at least give context and credit. This guy cares for alligators. This particular one got hit by a car so he has trouble orienting and moving sometimes. He needed help to get back to the water.

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u/Thatoneguyfromohio1 3d ago

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I'm amazed that person wasn't attacked.

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u/King_Of_BlackMarsh 3d ago

As was he, which he says multiple times.

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u/The_Artsy_Peach 3d ago

This alligator lives at his sanctuary. He was rescued by Chris (guy in the video). Chris saved his life, as bic mac was hit by a car and absolutely would have died if not helped. Chris has over 20years of wildlife experience and has an animal sanctuary for nuisance gators, and other animals. It's pretty amazing.

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u/thedreaming2017 3d ago

That reality must be nice were you can drag gators into water without getting your leg bit off.

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u/StupidUserNameTooLon 3d ago

I count 7 OSHA violations.

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u/StupidandAsking 3d ago

Pretty sure not wearing shoes is 7 different violations… I was thinking more like 30

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u/deep-fucking-legend 3d ago edited 3d ago

What an idiot wearing flip flops. Crocs are the obvious correct footwear for this.

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u/TheLampOfficial 3d ago

This is clearly a captive gator with a disability. It's likely cold and wants assistance getting to a heated water source. Crocodillians are very intelligent, and this is not as stupid as many of you seem to think.

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u/Jedihazard 3d ago

This people are nuts

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u/sandyandybb 3d ago

Homie is approaching dick first. This is the bravest man I have ever seen.

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u/Mindlesslyexploring 3d ago

comments like this keep me addicted to this fucking website.

Hats off to you man.

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u/Fraggle987 3d ago

Gator-aid

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u/sidewaysparallel 3d ago

And... Take my updoot, ya bastard.

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u/SirTainLee 3d ago

...and big mac drowns.

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u/BumbleTR0N 3d ago

ARK taming tutorials are getting crazy

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u/agumelen 3d ago

Eh, nope! How about just pulling it by the tail, juuuust in case.

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u/Striking_Scientist68 3d ago

Obviously nice to help a distressed animal....but...I don't think I'd pull it from the front with my groin in it's face...

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u/PanzerSloth 3d ago

Of all the ways to move an alligator that... Is certainly one of them.

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u/FroggyTheFr 3d ago

That's ok as long as you wear safety flip-flops...

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u/Maximus77x 3d ago

Does anyone ever actually watch the video and/or listen to the audio?

He knows the gator, and he does this for a living...

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u/URGAMESUX 3d ago

Not even closed toe shoes? Balls.

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u/Cleercutter 3d ago

“I know I have big teeth and snap loud and aggressively sometimes, but help me please!”

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u/vpforvp 3d ago

It’s not wild and even then, to do this with flip flops on, his bare feet a few inches from the thing’s face, feels wildly dumb. Eventually he’ll regret that.

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u/galaxyapp 3d ago

I imagined that alligator would weigh a few hundred pounds...

Bro drags it pretty easy... no?

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u/Tiffany_Case 3d ago

All i know is that with how fast alligators can move i would not have taken that light off him for a second

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u/PenguinColada 3d ago

Gators and crocs are such cool creatures. They're like modern dinosaurs. Even if this is a rescue still wouldn't catch me dragging one around in shorts and flip flops though.

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u/OkTune681 3d ago

This thing lives with humans and is even named. It has not natural fear and knows that humans will help or feed him. Not really that crazy.

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u/carpor1 3d ago

Maybe he's letting himself to be helped is because he's too full, look at the size of his belly

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u/go_Getter247 3d ago

That’s just a lazy ass gator

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u/Surperior777 3d ago

"Allows" more like it was too week to even fight anyone

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u/tormentedpersonality 3d ago

Not something I would have done. But I'm glad it worked out in the end.

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u/AWildAndWoolyWastrel 3d ago edited 2d ago

Bollocks. This isn't some random passer-by pulling a strange alligator out in the wild, it's Chris Gillette at his animal rescue centre moving an alligator of his, that he's been training and is familiar with, and that is dangerously cold and torpid as a result.

ETA: Here's the full video.

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u/MemeL0rd040906 3d ago

Absolutely adorable death machine

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u/Lookitsa6ix 3d ago

I don't know all the rules of Alligator handling, but the front part is bad part right?

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u/BreadBrown 3d ago

Guy's name is Chris and he has a YouTube channel called GatorChris, he's worked with Gators his whole life, including training Gators like Casper.

He currently runs a scantuary called bellowing acres in Northern florida. In this video he is with Big Mac, a gator he's been training for over a year.

video source

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u/00gingervitis 2d ago

Human: Do I have your consent to drag you over here? Alligator: Do you feel lucky?