[TheVillageChicken]

Many years ago I was undergoing some training at Keesler AFB, MS. Almost every weekend I went down to Ft Walton Beach, FL to play golf with some friends at the base golf course on Hurlburt Field. Many of the holes had nice metal signs adjacent to the water hazards. To the best of my memory, they read like this............

Attention
This body of water is home to the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), a threatened species in many parts of Florida. Do not feed or harass this animal, as they are capable of seriously injuring or killing humans. Yada yada yada.

OK, I took notice and if I had to go near the water I was super cautious.

One weekend, I stayed in Mississippi to play golf at a little track just North of Biloxi. I had never played the course before and had a blind tee shot on the 11th. Not realizing that there was a lake just over the hill beyond the tee box, I went by the posted yardage and over-clubbed. When I topped the hill, I saw the lake which was low with about twenty feet of muddy ground surrounding it. I thought, "OK, my ball is in that mud and I will find it and since it isn't marked as a hazard, I can call it casual water." When I got closer I saw a sign crudely written on a raggedy piece of wood.

All it said was

Gator

For some reason that sign had about three times the horsepower of the neat metal signs down in Florida, and I declared my ball lost.

[dirtbanker]

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