Camera alligator snatched from photographer found eight months later with photos intact
"Mario Aldecoa lost $1,300 worth of equipment while attempting to get a nighttime photo but is grateful to be alive, saying 'that could've been me'"
"Mario Aldecoa was attempting to get a nighttime photo showing the shining eyes of 100 alligators at the Everglades Alligator Farm when suddenly one aggressive gator came within inches of taking a bite out of him.
Aldecoa, who works at the farm putting on alligator shows, is an amateur wildlife photographer specializing in reptiles. During a holiday party for employees at the farm, he set up his camera on a tripod a foot from the water and started shooting.
“Gators started getting closer and closer and one of them lunged out and grabbed the camera,” he told GrindTV Outdoor in a phone interview. “I responded by grabbing the tripod real quick, but he jerked it out of my hands. Bye bye camera.”
He and others came back the next day and waded the pond while using rakes to comb the bottom to see if he could at least get his tripod back. No luck. His $1,300 camera, flash unit and tripod were lost forever."
If you want to see full article - www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/came...ound-8-months-later/
My Passion is being behind my camera and my family.
Superman wrote: What gets me is, how did they track this camera down?
They just found it in a pile of dung laying on the bottom of the pond!
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