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In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

https://bsky.app/profile/samanthamaich.bsky.social/post/3lhmtsvlvdc22

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the hat, sucker! croc-pog

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

I'm curious. What happened here?

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oi crockie! Come back with that diggah ya c*nt!

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

That's not a noif, this is a noif

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Seeing eye gator guides man to river

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

(CW: SA) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hombre_Caim%C3%A1n

One of my favorite pieces of folklore (the version I remember didn't have the voyeurism, it was a love story where the guy would turn into an alligator to cross the river and meet his lover). There's even an illustration of the alligator wearing a traditional Colombian hat, looking fly as fuck: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GLWe366mL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

a traditional Colombian hat, looking fly as fuck

Definitely.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GLWe366mL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

The Bluesky OP didn't explicitly say the photo is real. Now I wonder if that story was an inspiration for a fake photo that was staged or AI or whatever. The account is small and doesn't do like-grabs. But there can always be a first time.

Someone else in the thread mentioned that around NOLA a lot of people lose hats because they put them on gators thinking they look funny, and the gator just takes off with the hat on.

Maybe this is what conspiracy theorists meant when they were talking about reptilians.

[–] gramxi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

come on Wally, it's time for your live action reboot

"Let me return to the SWAMP!"

[–] drippylilkitten@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Florida man witches bodies with alligator

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

So nonhumans uttered it