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DeathGrip
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Guess the 'reasearcher" just got taught a new lesson!
Vulcan Bob
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Holy smokes my worst fear right there on video! As a diver here in central Pa we do a lot of crawling around in zero vis in quarrys and such. I always had more fear of sticking my hand unknowingly in front of a snapper than I ever did of shark's!
DeathGrip
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Vulcan Bob,You guys got sharks in central PA. ?
gunsmith11
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Reminds me why i dont go turtle hunting
He is lucky it clamped on his finger nails, If not, Ans the turtle got a good bite, It could have had his finger.
I have handeled many snappers here in Pa and NJ, Smaller than the Alligator snappers, But they will try and bite you in they are out of water...
In quarries we have Hellbenders,,,,, They can cause lots of stitches.
http://images.google.com/imgre...n3SYPhAYamtgfozYzDDw
Peter
I have handeled many snappers here in Pa and NJ, Smaller than the Alligator snappers, But they will try and bite you in they are out of water...
In quarries we have Hellbenders,,,,, They can cause lots of stitches.
http://images.google.com/imgre...n3SYPhAYamtgfozYzDDw
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He's lucky it was a small one. My buddy and I caught a 50lb snapper years ago. That one would have taken a couple of fingers off!
ingmansinc
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Nope, that's why he wasn't afraid of sharks.
rburg
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Also a few years ago there was a wreck up the road and around a few bends. Traffic backed up past my house, maybe a mile. So being bored that afternoon (I think it was a Sunday), I took a walk. The pickup truck was catty-wompass, but off the road and not causing a traffic problem. The rescue crews were working on the trapped occupants of the two cars.
As I walked behind the PU, I heard a noise from inside the bed. This is KY, and the contents of other hillbillies truck beds is of great interest. He had at least a weeks drinking supply of empty beer cans, some assorted crap, and a big ole piece of water pipe, the black iron kind. He also had a nasty looking snapper in there. It was rummaging around the beer cans, making a fair amount of noise. Oh, he wasn't happy, either.
The owner of the truck had a knot on his head. Not hospital serious, but he had a good-un. His brother drove up and they put him in the car for the ride home. Then the hurt guy started raising hell, he didn't want to leave his turkle (that spelling from the sigforum). So they called another hillbilly (I use the term with respect, and I'm allowed to.) It was much better than anything on TV, so I kept watching. Soon the hillbilly of the 3rd part arrived with a similarly ratty pickup. These were big ole boys, the kind you'd want on your side in a fight.
They went over to the wrecked PU, one grabbed the piece of pipe and began tormenting the snapper. It was probably 2' across at the widest. Soon it was fightin' mad. Then he moved the pipe near its head and it latched on to the pipe. Kind of a death grip if you understand the term. Then the brother grabbed the other end of the pipe and the two hoisted it out of the one truck and into the other. Iron pipe bends a bit. This one was really bent with the weight of the turkle on it. I have no idea, but between 50# and 75# is a good estimate.
Of course everyone gave them plenty of clearance. I wanted to see if it'd made a mark on the pipe, but the critter wasn't letting go. It'd be the same situation if it had your hand or foot. Kiss it goodbye. Wasn't there a song about swimming across Turtle Creek? My ding-a-ling?
Vulcan Bob
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Hey DeathGrip, contrary to popular rumor we,in Pa can drive, even to the ocean now and again!
DeathGrip
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All's good Vulcan Bob.I thought maybe there was some of those up river sightings or something.I drove from Philly to Pittsburg then so. to Virgina years back.Belive me you guys better know how to drive....or you wouldn't live long!!!
Originally posted by rburg:
...My ding-a-ling?
Good dit...
those snappers on youtube look dangerous -
never did enjoy swimming that much...
except when I had my own, nice clear pool in my back yard in Yuma...then that was a necessity...
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