I am sure you have heard of the joke “Where does a 800 pound gorilla sleep? Anywhere he wants to since you and I are not going to mess with him.”
This past Monday a 11 foot six inch gator decided to have a break in the middle of U S Highway 59 in Cleveland Texas overnight.
The Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Department had to call Chance Ward who is a trapper who specializes in removing huge animals away from a dangerous spot.
Traffic going in both ways on the highway had no choice but to stop dead in their tracks since they did not run over the gator who decided to take his rest in the middle of the highway.
Chance Ward then came riding in his truck to use his equipment to move the gator to get him off the highway.
The catch was that the gator did not want to move from his resting place on the highway which made it difficult for Chance to move the animal away from harm and into his truck.
It took Chance about 20 minutes with the assistance of the police and firefighters to assist Chance to remove the pesky gator off of the highway, even though Chance warned the authorities that the gator would bite off their legs if they got too close to the gator.
Chance was able to calm down the gator, tie him up and place the gator inside his cage located in the back of the truck.
Chance then took the gator to another location safe and sound.
The gator was given the name “George” for reasons that are unclear at this time. The joke about George was that since he was near the Whataburger restaurant, he would eaten all of the food inside the fast food restaurant since no employee would have the courage to tell the gator that he was not going to be served.
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I saw this story on the news. I was surprised.
Me too since I know that gators are located in the Gulf Of Mexico region but not many in Texas.
I wouldn’t want to go near that fellow.
I do not blame you since gators are very dangerous animals to mess with.
Run that thing over and make a gator purse, lol
That is a very good punchline Thomas since the Three Stooges jokes of gator is that they become suitcases.
Lol, Cool! I didn’t know that
It was in the show where The Three Stooges went to work with the Royal Air Force as auto mechanics.
I’m gonna look it up right now on YouTube 🙂
What a cool story thanks for sharing!
You are welcome CarolDM.
This is very interesting, thanks for sharing
You are welcome Branka since it is rare for gators to block highways in America.
Amazing, they grow things big in Texas, that guy takes up a whole lane. lol funny joke, but true.
It is amazing that a huge gator can block a hugh highway.
Thank you for sharing this one of a kind story with all of us.
You are welcome Branka since it is rare for gators to block highways in America.
You are welcome LaJenna since it is rare for a gator to block a highway in Texas.