This happened here where I sail! No BS, Brandon is a local.
A favorite spot for kiteboarding, Goulds Inlet is at the northeast end of the island. The gator must have been flushed out of the Hampton River by the
rains and the nor'easter which pushes the tides up the river...here is the Surfline article:
...Also found a monster man-o-war on the beach, almost ran it over in the bug.
strange times indeedWIllardTheGrey - 23-5-2009 at 02:34 AM
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Originally posted by johnnylaing
...Also found a monster man-o-war on the beach, almost ran it over in the bug.
Wow that could have ended badly glad I'm in the pacific northwest all we have to watch out for are the By-the-wind Sailor jellys witch don't sting,
just turn the beach bluekitejumper - 23-5-2009 at 01:48 PM
sounds pretty scary--the worst we have up here is the occasional squirelPHREERIDER - 23-5-2009 at 08:16 PM
this is a "neighbor" around the corner
you should see the "kids" on a sunny day (up to about 6 of them all lined up on the bank)
PHREERIDER - 23-5-2009 at 08:19 PM
that photo was taken on my cell phone
around 12 feet of lizard there folksjohnnylaing - 24-5-2009 at 08:58 PM
A local DNR guy says the gators can stay in salt for a week to ten days, and get a little nasty out there. I think I collided with a horseshoe crab
today, nice gash on foot...
Watch out for the kids...actually they probably don't want any of us
