Nine year old boy who held off a nine-foot, four-hundred-pound alligator, Demands Animal's Tooth on - Polidicks

[IMG]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ABC_james_barney_jr_2_jt_140809_4x3t_384.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]A Florida 9-year old knew just what to do when he had a too-close-for comfort encounter with a nine-foot, 400-pound alligator."I just immediately hit it and I let it go a little so I pry its jaw open," James Barney Jr. said. Sitting in his hospital bed with only minor cuts, Barney said some quick thinking saved his life when he was [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/US/alligator-trappers-search-gator-attacked-florida-child/story?id=24903852"]attacked by an alligator Thursday[/URL] in Saint Cloud, Fla. "First I thought someone was just playing with me and I didn't know what happened. I reached down to go grab it and I felt its jaw, I felt its teeth," Barney said. Barney escaped with only minor alligator bites and a memorable souvenir, the animal's tooth. "I want to put it on a necklace so that I can tell all my friends," he said.[/QUOTE] [url]http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-boy-fights-400-pound-alligator-wins/story?id=24913532[/url] Fucking badass.

-ah, whatever- Awesome job, kid.

That was a pretty piece of quick thinking.

way cooler than a sharktooth necklace

this one single event has sealed his fate. he must avoid stingrays for the rest of his life

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;45646600][IMG]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ABC_james_barney_jr_2_jt_140809_4x3t_384.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] "Pfft, I don't see YOU fighting alligators"

[QUOTE=usaokay;45646627]This is how Crocodile Dundee first began.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Gyrodine;45646884]this one single event has sealed his fate. he must avoid stingrays for the rest of his life[/QUOTE] crocodile =/= alligator

[QUOTE=Sio;45646913]crocodile =/= alligator[/QUOTE] Then he shall be... Alligator Alan.

Nice quick thinking on the kid's part. [QUOTE]this one single event has sealed his fate. he must avoid stingrays for the rest of his life[/QUOTE] Steve Irwin was a big part of my early childhood. I miss the dude....

Florida boy is a lot more bad ass than Florida man.

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;45647079]Florida boy is a lot more bad ass than Florida man.[/QUOTE] He must now move to avoid his fate of turning into Florida Man.

[QUOTE=Sio;45646913]crocodile =/= alligator[/QUOTE] he drives a chevrolet movie theater?

How do you end up with "minor bites" after being attacked by an alligator

[QUOTE=damnatus;45647635]How do you end up with "minor bites" after being attacked by an alligator[/QUOTE] By being incredibly badass, apparently. At 9 I couldn't fight off another person, this kid put me to shame pretty hard :v:

Man, I imagine if he kept that tooth pendant into adulthood, it would probably be quite the deal-sealer at bars, since as some girls like tough guys, what better way to prove your toughness than to show off the tooth of an alligator that you fended off when you were 9 years old?

[QUOTE=ironman17;45648492]Man, I imagine if he kept that tooth pendant into adulthood, it would probably be quite the deal-sealer at bars, since as some girls like tough guys, what better way to prove your toughness than to show off the tooth of an alligator that you fended off when you were 9 years old?[/QUOTE] It works just fine until some tool tries to claim that you bought it at a souvenir shop. I believe that's what would be more likely in an environment like a bar.

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45648511]It works just fine until some tool tries to claim that you bought it at a souvenir shop. I believe that's what would be more likely in an environment like a bar.[/QUOTE] Yeah well then you just show them the news on your magical future phone

[QUOTE=XeroG;45648524]Yeah well then you just show them the news on your magical future phone[/QUOTE] I was gonna say that but then they'd probably be "pfft, you were never that kid, douchebag". It's a possibility.

[QUOTE=ironman17;45648552]I was gonna say that but then they'd probably be "pfft, you were never that kid, douchebag". It's a possibility.[/QUOTE] What about the scar that the tooth made?

That might end up clinching the deal.

Alright, so we're in a bar arguing with a drunk, a phone in one hand, a gator tooth in the other, and our shirt/pants is/are off.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;45648970]Alright, so we're in a bar arguing with a drunk, a phone in one hand, a gator tooth in the other, and our shirt/pants is/are off.[/QUOTE] do to him what you did to the alligator.

the chosen one

Damn, when I was 9 I would have pissed myself and probably died Wish I was brave at that age, damn.

I'm surprised he was able to take the time to reach down and feel it biting. Don't gators start rapidly rolling once they bite to tear apart whatever they've grabbed?

[t]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ABC_james_barney_jr_2_jt_140809_4x3t_384.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]Oh this teddy bear? Souvenir from that time I smacked a bear in the face.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=An Armed Bear;45649294]I'm surprised he was able to take the time to reach down and feel it biting. Don't gators start rapidly rolling once they bite to tear apart whatever they've grabbed?[/QUOTE] They do, but the death roll is more common in Crocodiles. Crocodiles are more flexible and fast, while Alligators are pretty big and bulky. It would also depend how the alligator was positioned when it attacked the kid. The Alligator's body (it's tail specifically) needs to be in a optimal position before it can death roll or else it'll be near impossible.

The funny thing that they failed to mention was that this kid was at the lakefront in town (I lived in St. Cloud) riding his bike by the water park area. Then he goes and starts swimming around the cattails/grassy edge of the lake, and then gets attacked by the gator. Then he was airlifted out to the hospital with superficial wounds. (He's not as bad ass as he sounds...) These gators are out like crazy right now too with the heat and weather we've been having. My friend and I just caught a 10' on the ranch that was by the cow pens... [editline]10th August 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Rantosaurus;45649335]They do, but the death roll is more common in Crocodiles. Crocodiles are more flexible and fast, while Alligators are pretty big and bulky.[/QUOTE] They most definitely death roll.

Who says Florida people haven't done amazing things?

If only he was Australian, then we would have the Real-Life Saxton Hale