I would be afraid of the thing.   http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/alligator-snapping-turtle-surprising-c

What a Monster.....

Mmmmm, turtle soup.

Wow, that thing is scary looking! The turtle is as well.

My son and I caught one of those on Lake Toho in Florida.  He bit a shiner and I thought I hooked a submarine!  When he got to the surface, and I saw what I had, I grabbed the scissors to cut the line.  He came up hissing and flailing about.  Mine wasn't as big as the article, but it weighted about 30lbs or so.  Ugly and mean!

That thing is huge.  Turtle cowboy boots.

 

Just saying......

Aww!!!  So cute!!!!

In olden times, when I had my little 10' Water Buster,  I bumped into what I thought was a floating log on Grindstone Reservoir, near Cameron, MO.  A head came up and a beast of similar sized looked at me and seemed to say, "If you leave right now, I won't mess with you."    I left the area as fast as my 50 lb thrust electric trolling motor would take me.

That pic looks like the beginning of a redneck joke; "hey, watch this"

 

The guy's very lucky he didn't have some body parts removed. The neck on one of those things is a lot longer than you think.

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