If you saw a grown man feeding a 4 ft Gator

I would have told him something to his face. If he acted a fool then i would report him

The point is the gator may go after a child thinking they will feed it

About ten years ago I was camping in Brazos Bend state park south of Houston with my son and his Cub Scout group. The kids were tenting in a separate area from the parents and at 6 AM my son ran into my tent yelling at me to come and see the big gator.

Long story short, In the middle of their encampment was a 12-14' behemoth that had come up the embankment from a slough. It had parked itself there and one of the kids nearly tripped over earlier in the dark headed to the latrine. He woke up the other kids and they started poking it with sticks. It just lay there and let them have their way!

I went and got the ranger and he came with 3 other guys and a rope and dragged the monster down the embankment and let it go. I asked the idiot how many kids he had eaten in the past and he said, "none, he's been here for many years and people feed him all the time. Don't worry about him."

I packed up and took my kid home. Most human-fed gators won't mess with people or animals but that guy was way too big to take a chance.

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Most human-fed gators won't mess with people or animals

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till they get old andcant see and then frick someone up thinking they are a treat.

No, Karen.

Mind ur business bruh.

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In a State Park would you report him

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I personally would mind my own business. Obviously dude ought not be doing it but alligators or not unknown to attack people regardless of their training that man is a source of food. Old or sick or simply deranged alligators attack folks from time to time whether they have been fed by people or not.

Given the likelihood that this moron is teaching that gator that man is a food source and therefore leading that gator to eat a person is miniscule. Yes, it is stupid, but so is speeding....and very few people would deign to take someone to task for driving 10 mph over the speed limit. I have not stats but I would bet there is more danger in the latter than the former. Couple this with the fact that people are a bunch of assholes today and the likelihood that some idiot who thinks feeding a wild animal in a state park is a good idea that same idiot is liable to take umbrage with someone calling him an idiot by telling him he oughtn be doin' it, whip out a gun and shoot the good Samaritan, I would avoid a confrontation based on the miniscule risk represented by feeding a wild animal.

Finally there is the issue of live and let live. Way too many people today live in glass houses and like nothing better than to toss stones. I can't imagine where in the world people have come to the conclusion that they are the self appointed guardians of mankind and therefore must go about spreading their wisdom to the betterment of the species. Here is a tip....that old boy probably knew better and did not give a tinkers damn! Someone stepping forward and pointing out his idiotic behavior isn't going to stop him....reporting him ain't gonna do anything other than make him less concerned about the public and his own sore vagina. Most likely nothing would ever come from someone reporting him anyhow. If it did it still wouldn't accomplish anything....and the damage is done, if there is damage to be done, that wild animal has experienced man as a food source.

I was hanging a Christmas wreath on the front of my house one year on a 14 foot step ladder leaned against the face of the garage in the bed of my truck so I could reach the nail to hang it. My neighbor, otherwise a great person by all indications, felt it necessary to come over and tell me this was not safe. This could be insulting to some people....of course it wasn't safe and anyone with any material other than wax between their ears would know it wasn't...I certainly knew it wasn't and did not need his input into the matter. I, however, was not insulted but concerned that he had such a high opinion of his self that he was compelled to provide enlightenment to someone else....that speaks to some sort of deeply rooted emotional problem, expressed in the form of narcissism.

He was insulted when I pointed this concern out to him by asking him did he really think he knew what I was doing wasn't smart and I didn't know it? I am, of course, paraphrasing, but that was the gist of my response...it may have included some colorful language and possibly some question about his intelligence and lineage, I don't remember but I would not disavow such an accusation.

Folks do stupid shite all the time...and guess what? No one is immune...usually we know better, we weigh the risks and act accordingly. One thing for certain, if it is something we are doing there are very few instances where someone's intervening is going to correct the situation or in any way make it better. Live and let live and mind your own damned business is my motto....

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Honestly you should have been more receptive to his speaking up.

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Why?

A grown man does not require or want your input unless he asks for it.

That's fine. Your choice. Can we ask what state park?

Ok karen