Patrick Nolan's Real Florida - Alligator Wrestling
When I was kid growing up in South Florida, every time the relatives came down from the north we'd load up into the car and go into the heart of the everglades so our kinfolk could watch alligator wrestling.
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Patrick Nolan's Real Florida - Meteor Falls from Sky
It's enough to make a truck lover cry. Flames rip through a perfectly good 2003 Ford F-150 XLT Triton V-8.
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Patrick Nolan's Real Florida - Belly Dancing
More and more women around the world are learning this ancient art. And southwest Florida is no exception.
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Make a Wish Come True by Dancing!
What would you do to make a wish come true for a child dealing with a terminal illness?
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Anchors in Action
I've been keeping a secret from our viewers for a while now and I'm spilling the beans.
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Skunk Ape
Dave Shealy has devoted years to this mission: finding the legendary creature whose image - sort of - menacingly guards the front of Shealy's sprawling campground in the everglades.
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Gator Hunt
As the last of the day's sun scorches the sky and a full moon rises over Lake Okechobee, the men pack up their gear and gumption.
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Boar Bagging
They may be cute when they're babies but most everyone agrees boars are bad for Southwest Florida. Legend has it sailors brought them to our part of the world from Spain as a food source. But with few natural predators their population has exploded and they're doing millions of dollars worth damage as they tear up everything from lawns to golf courses to farms. That's where Tapper Ken comes in... he took me along to show me the real deal with boar hunting.
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Abducktion
Like its quirky neighbors, the rocking horses with reindeer ears and the red trojan horse, this duck does its duty of catching drivers' attention along this stretch of Pine Island Road through Matlacha's row of art galleries.
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Boca Grande
The Search For Ol' Hitler
For years, anglers throughout Southwest Florida have talked about the legend of Ol' Hitler - a huge hammerhead that always seems elude capture.
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