South Carolina Gator Attacks Man

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This is an event that actually occured in September of 2007 in Berkeley County near Myrtle Beach South Carolina, but has garnered increased attention recently due to the release of some fairly gruesome photographs taken at the scene.

Bill Hedden, 59 was snorkeling in a lake retrieving golf balls when he was attacked by the 12 foot 600 pound alligator.  He survived primarily due to the assistance of five nurses who were picnicking nearby. I will let the photographs speak for themselves:

The victim being tended to...

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There is no golf ball or mountain of golf balls that can possibly be worth this experience. Once a ball gets wet leave it there.

This will help you keep your ball out of the water.

Golfers Beware!

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This picture was taken at Cordrays Meat Processing and Taxidermy in Charleston , South Carolina. This big daddy weighed 1,000 pounds and was 14 ft. long. I am sure many of you heard or read about the golfer in South carolina who recently lost his arm to a 10 foot alligator on Fripp Island, South Carolina. Here is the story:

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer's arm as he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course.

Kate Hines with the Fripp Island Property Owners Association says the man was picking up his ball when a 10-foot alligator pulled him into a nearby pond.

The man's golf partners were able to free him. Workers from Tracks Wildlife Control in Beaufort killed the alligator and removed the man's arm in the hopes it might be reattached.

The man has not been identified. He was being treated at the Medical University of South Carolina, but officials there would not release any information about him.

Apparently he walked into the golf shop with his arm bundled up in towels and said, "I've really messed up now!"

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