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09-07-2003, 03:13 AM
(More info taken from my site)
Were-Alligator/Crocodile
In the 1800's as Florida began to become settled more and more, hunters began to traverse the dangerous Everglades. Wildcats, alligators, crocodiles, snakes and of course the native americans the Seminole Indians inhabited this forbidding expanse of high razor edged grass and slowly flowing water. The white man were unwelcome in the home of the Seminole but the white man refused to heed the warnings of the indians. The hunters swarmed through the swamps in groups or alone and camps were set up here and there as sort of trading posts. An old man came to one such trading post with a tale that none could believe. He and his friend had been hunting 'gators' in the swamps when his buddy had shot what they thought was an alligator. The men had pulled it ashore only to discover that it was a beast they had never seen before. It had the body and head of a gator but the arms and legs like that of a man. Shocked the two men dragged the carcass back to camp and skinned it to bring back, for they thought none would believe their tale without proof. That night as they sat around their fire they heard noises and the growling cry of the alligators approaching them. The noises became louder and then they heard splashing at the waters edge. The two men grabbed their firearms and waited in the darkness for whatever was approaching. Suddenly a cry rang out as if a man were screaming in some other language and the men were surrounded by great hulking beasts. The darkness made it difficult to see but the firelight shone off of scaly skin belonging to man shaped creatures. The man's friend fired his gun and shot one of the creatures and it let out a roar to shake the cranes from their nesting trees. The old man huddled in fear as his friend was grabbed by one of the creatures and another grabbed the skin of their comrad and they disappeared into the swamp. The Seminole indians have legends and stories regarding the alligators that walk like men and guard their home and land from those that seek to do harm. They are said to be taller than an average man and walk upright like one. Their skin is thick and scaly and their arms and legs are heavily muscled. A long powerful tail helps them navigate the waterways of the everglades. Their heads can be that of a man or that of an alligator or somewhat in between. To kill one means death, to see one is a warning that you should leave before something bad happens. They are not indigenous to Florida alone but inhabit any swamp from Georgia to Louisianna and are supposedly related to the were-crocodiles of Africa. To this day there is no proof that there are these alligator men but hidden in the vast reaches of the swamps could be creatures that even the bravest of men should fear.
In the mid-sixties a story appeared in the New York Times telling about the conviction of a witch doctor in a newly emerged African nation. He had agreed to transform himself into a crocodile and devour the mother in law of his client. After the event had transpired the two had a falling out over the price. The matter reached the authorities and both were arrested. They went to trail where the were found guilty and sentenced to death. Their appeals were denied and it was made clear that the crime was not conspiracy to commit murder, but conspiracy to commit sorcery, and illegal metamorphosis into a crocodile leading to the death of a citizen.
Were-Alligator/Crocodile
In the 1800's as Florida began to become settled more and more, hunters began to traverse the dangerous Everglades. Wildcats, alligators, crocodiles, snakes and of course the native americans the Seminole Indians inhabited this forbidding expanse of high razor edged grass and slowly flowing water. The white man were unwelcome in the home of the Seminole but the white man refused to heed the warnings of the indians. The hunters swarmed through the swamps in groups or alone and camps were set up here and there as sort of trading posts. An old man came to one such trading post with a tale that none could believe. He and his friend had been hunting 'gators' in the swamps when his buddy had shot what they thought was an alligator. The men had pulled it ashore only to discover that it was a beast they had never seen before. It had the body and head of a gator but the arms and legs like that of a man. Shocked the two men dragged the carcass back to camp and skinned it to bring back, for they thought none would believe their tale without proof. That night as they sat around their fire they heard noises and the growling cry of the alligators approaching them. The noises became louder and then they heard splashing at the waters edge. The two men grabbed their firearms and waited in the darkness for whatever was approaching. Suddenly a cry rang out as if a man were screaming in some other language and the men were surrounded by great hulking beasts. The darkness made it difficult to see but the firelight shone off of scaly skin belonging to man shaped creatures. The man's friend fired his gun and shot one of the creatures and it let out a roar to shake the cranes from their nesting trees. The old man huddled in fear as his friend was grabbed by one of the creatures and another grabbed the skin of their comrad and they disappeared into the swamp. The Seminole indians have legends and stories regarding the alligators that walk like men and guard their home and land from those that seek to do harm. They are said to be taller than an average man and walk upright like one. Their skin is thick and scaly and their arms and legs are heavily muscled. A long powerful tail helps them navigate the waterways of the everglades. Their heads can be that of a man or that of an alligator or somewhat in between. To kill one means death, to see one is a warning that you should leave before something bad happens. They are not indigenous to Florida alone but inhabit any swamp from Georgia to Louisianna and are supposedly related to the were-crocodiles of Africa. To this day there is no proof that there are these alligator men but hidden in the vast reaches of the swamps could be creatures that even the bravest of men should fear.
In the mid-sixties a story appeared in the New York Times telling about the conviction of a witch doctor in a newly emerged African nation. He had agreed to transform himself into a crocodile and devour the mother in law of his client. After the event had transpired the two had a falling out over the price. The matter reached the authorities and both were arrested. They went to trail where the were found guilty and sentenced to death. Their appeals were denied and it was made clear that the crime was not conspiracy to commit murder, but conspiracy to commit sorcery, and illegal metamorphosis into a crocodile leading to the death of a citizen.