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Huge gator stalks another just before the two start fighting on Englewood golf course

Posted at 12:36 PM, Dec 01, 2015
and last updated 2017-11-20 13:29:37-05

There is one thing to be considered gator bait and then it’s quite another to be considered gator bait!

This video shows a mammoth gator stalking another, into the sand trap, at Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood Saturday afternoon.  (Video courtesy: John Rijnders)

The person who took the video says this was just minutes before the two started fighting on the green.  The pictures of the fight, taken by Lynn Sarles, have since gone viral.

 

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LYNN SARLESThese two alligators got into a brawl Saturday on hole 4 of the "Blue" course at Myakka...

Posted by Englewood Sun on Monday, November 30, 2015

A representative at the golf club says Goliath the Gator has been around for years and they have no intentions of trying to get him removed.  They say he is part of their golf family, that he has never hurt anyone and they want him to stick around.  If for anything else, in hopes he will continue to be an internet sensation.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LYNN SARLESThe smaller gator, left, limps away from "Goliath" after the fight.

Posted by Englewood Sun on Monday, November 30, 2015