15-foot alligator casually strolls across golf course while player putts
15-foot alligator casually strolls across golf course while player putts
You may know the name "Chubbs" from Happy Gilmore, but this is more about an alligator that goes by the same name in Palmetto, Florida at Buffalo Creek Golf Course.
And that giant gator has been known to take a stroll around the course sometimes, even when there are humans playing through.
We've written about gators taking over golf courses before, whether it's in Gulfport, Mississippi or some giants walking around in South Carolina and yes, others in Florida.
This time? Let's focus on the gator who we think is Chubbs, in a video posted by WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt. It shows the 15-pound gator walking on the course as some brave soul putts on the green, unconcerned there's the creature walking behind him.
I'd be inclined to scream LOOK BEHIND YOU, but I guess Chubbs isn't there to do anything but take a walk.
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