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11-30-2006, 05:57 AM
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Crack addicts
Obviously not the brightest bulbs in the box.....
Amy L. Edwards Sentinel Staff Writer November 29, 2006, 6:58 PM EST LAKELAND -- A man who was attacked by an alligator this morning was naked and smoking crack at the time, Polk County deputies who rescued him said today. The alligator had the man in his jaws when deputies arrived at Lake Parker in Lakeland about 4 a.m. today. They were called by nearby residents who reported hearing a man yelling for help. The first deputy on the scene was unable to free the man, Adrian J. Apgar, from the alligator's mouth. It wasn't until 3 or 4 of them were in chest-deep water that they were able to pull him free after the tug-of-war. Apgar, 45, of Polk City, suffered a broken arm, partially amputated left arm and trauma to his left leg. Doctors are trying to reattach the arm at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where was listed in critical condition. "We don't know whether he'll make it or not," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. According to a news release from the Polk Sheriff's Office, "The very dark conditions and risk of injuring the victim made shooting the alligator impossible, leaving deputies to contend with their own safety after becoming exhausted in waist deep mud. All deputies made it out of the water without injury." State fish and wildlife officials captured an 11-foot alligator that they think was the biter. Deputy Billy Osborne first heard the man's cries for help but couldn't see him through the thick brush and dark sky. "'I have two broken arms and an alligator's got me pinned. I can't move. Please help me,'" the Polk County deputy sheriff related at a news conference today. As Osborne listened, he followed the voice through more than 20 yards of brush in Lake Parker's murky, chest-deep water about 4 a.m. Then he saw them: a naked man crouched down in the jaws of an alligator amidst thick cattails in bloodied water. Other deputies pursued, following the man's cries, Osborne's voice and the sounds of the alligator thrashing around in the water. Osborne grabbed onto the man's arm and tried to pull him free. "We were pretty much playing tug-of-war," Osborne, 26, said. After about 30 seconds, the alligator released the man. Judd said Apgar told deputies he was smoking crack-cocaine at the adjacent park, but it was unclear why he was naked or why he was attacked by the alligator. No one answered the door of Apgar's home in rural community and neighbors knew little about him.
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11-30-2006, 06:55 AM
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Lessee...gaters n warm water....night.....had this dude been here, he'd probably think yellow snow was a gift from the gods....
Dan 
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Lifes not meant to be a journey to the grave with the intentions of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thouroughly used up, totally wore out,loudly proclaiming.... WOW.....WHAT A RIDE.......
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12-04-2006, 08:06 PM
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Can you imagine wakin up in the hospital, after you have sobered up....lookin down seeing what crack has done to you?????you have gotta feel like the biggest As000le in the world.......I cant even begin to fathom what that would be like......if a gator got me, you can bank their wasnt a beer in my system...in fact that last one....I think about almost everyday...he came at me like many others had...but My body was backed up against the airboat cage....he also was in only maybe tops two feet of water...so he was porpoising and couldnt dive....my guy saw him coming and said "move he's coming in the boat" I couldnt it was too fast....he jumped into the boat and all I knew to do was kick him....if I would have missed his snout and went into his mouth I would not be writin this....he would have grabbed that foot, that leg and taken me out of the boat...ya know as I am writen this it is still hittem me what went down....but at the time I didnt know what else to do....it was all of thirty seconds, but it went my way...and thank God it did.......Val if if you all wanna know the truth...I dont think I know what the worst case scenario is gonna be,,,,my balls are too big.....
Not my best pic...but a good one of him... http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL11/.../187454822.jpg
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nothing like the smell of chanel and gunpowder in the morning Last edited by Valigator; 12-04-2006 at 08:15 PM.
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12-04-2006, 08:52 PM
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Lakeland ehh... Im not shocked
 . I feel bad for the Gator. Do you think ingesting Crack would upset its stomach? Quote:
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12-05-2006, 09:03 AM
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See if this country really wanted to get rid of drugs they would crossbreed that gator and try to build a line of drug gators! Imagine if they filled the florida and louisiana swamps with antidrug sniffin gators! Why the flow into the US would come to a screeching halt! Until Val trapped them anyway
 GoodOlBoy
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12-10-2006, 10:26 PM
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yep, all kinds in this world but I can assure you if I were naked along a lake and a gator got hold of me....I would sure be smokin crack too...maybe not smoking it..but somewhere..there would be some crack somokin....am I afraid of gators?...heck yea.
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12-14-2006, 07:33 PM
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