Fisherman Lets His Guard Down for a Second and Nearly Becomes a Gator’s Lunch

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It’s easy to let your guard down when you repetitively do something every day or week. There’s not much to think about when the motions you make you could make in your sleep. We see this in the short video clip posted below. This fisherman is fishing just like he does, probably every week, if not multiple times a week. Because he is an experienced fisherman, he isn’t as guarded down by the water alone as a newbie might be. 

The video starts with him casting a line into the water. It is not long at all before the line gets tugged by a fish in the water. This fish took the bait and is on the hook. We see the fisherman reel the fish in. Once it gets up to the shoreline, we see the fish flopping on the grass. If we pause the video at 22 seconds, we can try to find this alligator that is lurking in the water. See if you can spot it!

The video goes on, and we see the fisherman bend down to get this fish off the grass. As he picks it up, we will pause the video again at 28 seconds. We can very clearly see this enormous alligator in the top left-hand corner of our screen. This fisherman had no idea that danger was nearby. He had let his guard down and wasn’t aware that, at any moment, he could be bit. And we all know that an attack from an alligator could be fatal to a human.

As the fisherman pulls the fish up, we see the alligator make his move. He lunges out at the fisherman. We hear him growl and open his enormous jaw as wide as it can go. He is displaying all his up to 80 teeth that he has. 

It’s incredible to see that this fisherman jumped back, but that was it. He didn’t run away. While this absolutely stunned the fisherman, it didn’t scare him away. After he took a few steps back, he made sure this alligator had receded. And then he goes on to tell the camera he knew he let his guard down. 

How Large Can Alligators Get?

Male alligators are much larger than females and on average, adult females measure around 8.2 feet in length, while adult males have an average size of 11.2 feet. In exceptional cases, some large males can reach staggering weights, approaching half a ton or 1,000 pounds.

Furthermore, the largest alligator ever documented was discovered in Louisiana and reached a remarkable length of 19.2 feet.

In contrast, the Chinese alligator is considerably smaller, with a length that seldom surpasses 7 feet.

Where Can Alligators Be Found?

Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are found in locations like Asia and North America. It is estimated that these large reptiles have over four million in their population. The two states in the United States that have the heaviest population are Louisiana and Florida. 

Louisiana leads the group with over two million alligators. And Florida is a close second with more than 1.3 million gators.