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Old 04-21-2012, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom Hannon View Post
I think it is best to CALMLY walk away.
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Stand there frozen and wet myself.
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They say the best thing to do is to run away in a zig zag pattern.
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alligators do exhibit a natural fear of humans so backing away slowly should do it,
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In other words, back away slowly and say "See you later, Alligator."
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Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek View Post
run in a zig-zag pattern to get away.
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Run Zig Zag!
I've tallied the votes.

Three votes for backing away slowly.
Three votes for running away "zig zag".
One vote for pee, a really bad solution!

So ... you can either back away slowly and if he starts chasing you, run like hell in a zig zag pattern.

Or you can carry a stuffed toy bear everywhere. If chased, throw the bear to the gator. That will buy you time to zig zag home and breathlessly log onto to TOTV to tell us your story.
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