Not sure if any of you saw this but it caught my attention considering I mostly hunt creeks and it wasn't that far from me. It's a good reminder to keep your head up from time to time and be aware of your surroundings. I used to worry about cottonmouths, unleashed dogs and meth heads. Looks like I have to add crocs to my list. .
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Those pesky Ohio Crocodiles
A 7-foot crocodile was found in a creek in Preble County Wednesday, the Preble County Sheriff’s Department confirms. Subscribe to WLWT on YouTube now for mor...Central OhioTags: None
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A friend of mine who lives up there got to see that thing first hand. How in the heck did that get up there?"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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We still have the 11 foot gator in one of the creeks I look in game wardens say it moves around a lot and they never know where it is but once in a while someone will spot it. I haven’t seen it yet. I’ve waded in that creek waist high many times but not lately I can tell you that. Never knowNW Georgia,
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I wouldn't have the nerve. I used to swim in the ocean with no fear, then one time I had a 7 reef shark hanging out with me, circling until I kicked at it. It shot off, never saw it again but I don't go in any water more then knee deep now. Just can't do it anymore. Maybe fresh water in Ohio, but after this croc story, I would have to think it over.Central Ohio
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When I was a teenager, I spent much of the Summer in Panama City Beach, really it was in Walton County just past Phillips Inlet. It was not commercialized and the most beautiful place. We used to swim out to a sandbar and it was pretty far out but was a great place to find sand dollars. Once when I was swimming back to shore, I stopped and looked and a large shark was between me and the shore. It was a very dark shadow in the water..I just about panicked. Watched it swim off and I made it back to shore I've never been back to the sandbar. As matter of fact, I don't go much further than my knees.
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SurfaceHunter, I've never ran into a gator close up. I've seen a few from boats but not too close. Sounds like a close call there.
Josie, I hear the sharks like to cruise those sandbars, hunting grounds for them. I wish I could go back to swimming in the ocean but haven't been able to yet. It was years ago now.
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Well I was swimming in the ocean today greattt.
we see fins and stay out .
My brother was surfing in Cal and saw a fin . Was calm and not worried till he saw the tail about 10 ft behind that first fin him . He said it was about 15 ft and he never paddled so fast in his life .
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They ID'd as a Saltwater Croc, but it could be some other more common species kept as exotic pets. I don't think any of them could have survived a winter in Ohio; I believe the American alligator is the only species that can tolerate freezes for short periods of time. (They do that neat trick where they leave their snout up in the air and freeze their head in the ice.)
Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida
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I’ve always wondered if these gator types can’t swim under ground like in the aquifer maybe there is caves and tunnels underground that we don’t know about. I would imagine there are fish they could eat. Maybe it’s far fetched idk I really don’t know much as to how the aquifer works.NW Georgia,
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Alligators are not usually aggressive but I heard the crocodile is more like a gator on meth and mad at the world. We have gators all over down here and some are HUGE but they tend to ignore ya as long as you aren’t threatening them. My favorite fishing hole is surrounded by them and I have not been bitten yet anyway. It is an eerie feeling when ya see a 12-14 ft dinosaur looking creature go underwater directly in front of ya when you are reeling a fish in standing in waist deep water with chest waders on. One day I was coming back out of the water and stepped between 2 trees on the bank of the bayou and heard a very loud huffing sound. I realized that the grass was laid down and there was a mama gator nesting. I knew by the large open mouth that I was not welcome. I tried to turn around and run on water to get away from that thing but unfortunately that didn’t work very well in real life. I did set record time wading (running in water)to get out of that spot. If ya happen to run across a crocodile then I would suggest learning how to run on water and hope it works better than my attempt. The cottonmouth snakes are what you have to really watch out for in these parts. Those things are short,fat,ugly,nasty,stinky,poisonous,sneaky, and very mean creatures. Did I mention they are aggressive on top of all that lol! You gotta be careful where ya step and stay safe!SE ARKANSAS
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Thanks Arti. Good story. You guys in the south have it a lot harder...heat, bigger animals. I've heard the alligators aren't too aggressive. Crocs are a little more of a concern. My sister saw a black bear in her property last month, I guess I have to add that to my list. They aren't really aggressive either, but I still don't want to run into one.Central Ohio
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