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Originally Posted by senior citizen
The biggest kick I have gotten reading TOTV is when so many folks DENIED that the lawyer had jumped into his backyard pond to rescue his little pooch that was truly being attacked by a REAL LIVE ALLIGATOR.
They denied the man existed, that it was all a made up story......even when the gator was captured by the trapper..........it was still denied, even when it made the GREAT BRITAIN (England) newspapers.
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I read every post on the threads regarding the rescue of the dog. I did not see any posts where the poster denied that the lawyer existed. Let alone "many folks" as you suggest. Where do you get this information.......just make it up as you go along?
What I find wrong with this picture is you are attacking posters that don't exist........but you make it a great story.
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Dear Bogie Shooter:
Well, there are probably more threads than you even imagined.....
All going on simultaneously..........
Gracie girl said:
“I think someone is pulling our BACK leg”.
Barefoot thought the "story was posted by a troll."
Others doubted it as well..........
Soon, other folks began posting the STORY FROM THE ORLANDO SENTINEL:
Then others said “Dang , it was a true story”.
This goes on and on for three or more separate threads under different titles..........in other words, people had begun their own individual titled postings of this same exact story.
Some criticized the man for risking his own life to save a mere animal.
Others criticized the trapper for killing the alligator.
Others commended the man for trying to save his pooch.
Others critized the man for not having his dog on a leash.
Obviously, NOT ALL GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.
His neighbor came to his defense as a great man and neighbor.
Paula and Jean said:
"Still having hard time with this one. I know everyone saying so a nice guy and all,but did anyone see this happen? are there witnesses,he looks what 65 and he jumps on his back hooks back his leg,grabs his tail until the dog is released from his mouth.The guys on television seem much stronger and younger doing this. Did anyone see them take awat a 7ft gator. Did he go to the hospital for injuries, did the dog go to the vets for injuries.Was there somekind of police or accident report or transport report. Who contacted the Orlando paper?Maybe there is a reason the village paper did not. Just because the newpaper writes a story or gives a interview I do not believe everything is Fact.I asked about his screen name GatorGus,was that before or after this happened that he chose that name. This also was his 2nd posts which I wondered.Being a retired teacher I have seen it all,so sometimes I just questioned. First thing I told the Ex about this event ,first thing she says I do not believe it. Do not believe everything on
TMZ.something wrong with this picture?????????"
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I tried to copy and paste......but doesn’t work. In a nutshell, the impression I got intially as the story was breaking was that no one believed it.
Do you have a problem with my perception? Once I read it in the newspaper, I immediately posted the HYPERLINK which I noticed was relegated to a distant page..........I do realize that the ORLANDO SENTINEL IS A NAUGHTY WORD..........however, if people want a true overall feel for what central Florida has to cope with.....one should read the big city newspaper as well.........not just the happy news.
I later had communication with the trapper guy and I believed him. He knew exactly what I meant about the alligators on Sanibel Island as he had lived there.
The first time we vacationed on Sanibel Island, with our teenaged kids, after reading their local newspaper the entire winter prior to our flight down, I innocently inquired of the rental home owner about the alligators roaming the island........as we had to walk through some pretty tall GRASS to get from the house to the beach on the Gulf of Mexico......he laughed, pooh poohed it , and only later did we see them all, even on the beach........and of course in the Ding Darling Nature Preserve.........the above mentioned trapper knew about the lady gardening , etc. who was bitten, and other cases of limbs being torn off, etc. by Florida alligators. Why deny it? People should be on the lookout for their own safety. It's as if we said that it does not snow in Vermont so clear sailing on all the twisty turny mountains roads, don't slow down and don't worry at all.
I realize that most of the posters on TOTV are just trying to discern whether or not TV is a place they'd want to spend their golden years in, or not. The naysayers and "Doubting Thomases" do not help anyone.