I Wonder!
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (42268)
United States
July 26, 2024 5:37pm CST
I got the binoculars out this afternoon and looked at the pond just beyond our patio. to search for the elusive alligator that is supposed to be in the pond.
Something was moving in the pond. It looked just a little bit big. Maybe it was a gator's head. I watched for an hour until it came closer.
It was not a gator. It looked all the world like an old shoe. It sank in front of me and did not come back up.
That leaves me to wonder about something else. Where was that shoe before? No one is allowed to swim there but some people walk along the bank. Should I look for the other shoe? How big is this invisible alligator?
Does your imagination ever work overtime? What do you think? What is lurking somewhere near you?
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul
We have gators all over the place. We're always on the lookout for them.
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul
@akalinus I live in Florida, too. Actually I am not sure if there are gators in the pond near us, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were. We had a man-made lake or something at the Breakers, that once housed a gator. One of my neighbors at the time decided to dubb it "fluffy"
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@akalinus (42268)
• United States
27 Jul
@kaylachan A gator named Fluffy? Now, I have heard everything. If there is a gator in our pond, I want to see it for sure and not mistake it for an old shoe.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 Jul
I'd never go down by that bank, knowing an alligator could be living there.
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@akalinus (42268)
• United States
27 Jul
@kobesbuddy Okay. I will be watchful, even on the patio. I hope I get to go out there sometime. It is always raining lately. Even when the sun is out, everything is soaked.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 Jul
@akalinus Gators are quick! They can dive at a victim a long distance, out of the water.
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@snowy22315 (176745)
• United States
27 Jul
@akalinus Nothing at the moment, but I will let you know.
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I freak out when I see an opossum lurking along our walls in the backyard. They won't do anything, but sometimes their faces scare me - they just freak me out 
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. . . how did you get them out?@akalinus (42268)
• United States
30 Jul
@much2say I found a baby in the waste basket. I took it to a nearby field and let it go. I chased the others and found the hole that they got in through. I boarded that up when they left. A couple of days later, a neighbor told me that she found opossums in her kitchen.
I don't know what happened to all of them. They suddenly moved on to better pickings.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
27 Jul
It's like me wanting to go look for Nessie in Loch Ness. My imagination is always working overtime. Have a good weekend.
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@akalinus (42268)
• United States
28 Jul
@LindaOHio I hope the burgers weren't once Nessie. What would you do if you heard a noise and Nessie was standing there looking at you?
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
28 Jul
@akalinus Definitely. I would like to go watch for him/her and buy souvenirs. I think they even have Nessie Burgers there.
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@akalinus (42268)
• United States
27 Jul
I have never seen anything like that before. Sometimes, I see a bird acting weird or a huge turtle or squirrel using the patio for who knows what. I hope it was not a shoe. I would hate to think the pond is becoming a garbage dump. I hope the shoe's owner is okay.
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