GATOR-RAID
Two massive alligators lock jaws in brutal two-hour fight in the middle of a golf course
ANGRY alligators sank their deadly teeth into each other near stunned golfers, as they grunted during an epic two-hour battle.
The pair were videoed whipping tails and locking jaws during the attack at South Carolina's Hilton Head Lakes, near the 18th tee.
Player Matthew Proffitt told that he was just feet away from the monsters.
He said: “We were pretty sure they wouldn’t mess with us, because they were locked in on each other."
Proffitt, a member of staff at the Hardeeville club added: “But it was pretty nerve-wracking seeing that.”
The club shared footage of the epic battle on Facebook, saying: “Sudden death playoff on the 18 yesterday! Keep your eyes open out there, the course is full of wildlife!”
It soon teed up more than 1.2k comments - many of which were keen to know how the fight ended.
Eddy Rhoads, for example, asked: "Which one won?"
Sherry Cole added: "Somebody needs to finish the story...did they walk off holding hands or did someone die?"
There was also a lot of humour among the golfing fraternity, with Noel Fricke posting that it was "an incentive for social distancing while playing golf in a foursome!"
Darius Osorio just wanted to know, "is anyone gonna jump in there and start counting?!"
Scot Westlake declared: "I will never golf again but I certainly wouldn't golf where dinosaurs are fighting it out!"
Others commented on the fact that they were used to playing around gators on similar courses in Florida.
Pat DeVaney Yea lamented, however, "in NJ we just have bears and deer."
And a practical Alan Meiselman pointed out: "It’s mating season for gators, don’t get in the middle."
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Golfers, of course, know to be careful around the gators.
Back in 2015, a large one did its best to put golfers off their play while lounging on the edge of the green.
The gator, estimated at 12 to 13 feet (3.6 to 4 meters) long, reposed in full view of about 100 participants at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, on Florida’s west coast.
A nonplussed general manager, Mickie Zada, said: “If we stopped playing because of alligators, we’d never have golfers."
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