Comments on: Dead “King” Gator To Be On Display In Georgia http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:54:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jenny http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108/comment-page-1#comment-169021 Jenny Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:25:44 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108#comment-169021 I didn't know that Oscar had died, until I read this article. I am truly saddened by the news. My children and I visited Okefenokee Swamp 15 years ago (seems like yesterday) and we were big fans of Oscar. He was lying up on the shore as our boat passed by and seemed so huge, like something from our nightmares. My children were afraid at first and clung to me, and then Oscar opened his eyes and watched us pass by, and the kids were entranced, "He was looking at me" they said. They seemed to have found something important in passing by the "nightmare", only to find him looking at them in curiosity. My oldest is getting his doctorate in zoology and the youngest in veterinary medicine. To this day they talk about Oscar. It will be sad news for me to deliver. I didn’t know that Oscar had died, until I read this article.
I am truly saddened by the news.
My children and I visited Okefenokee Swamp 15 years ago (seems like yesterday) and we were big fans of Oscar. He was lying up on the shore as our boat passed by and seemed so huge, like something from our nightmares. My children were afraid at first and clung to me, and then Oscar opened his eyes and watched us pass by, and the kids were entranced, “He was looking at me” they said.
They seemed to have found something important in passing by the “nightmare”, only to find him looking at them in curiosity.
My oldest is getting his doctorate in zoology and the youngest in veterinary medicine. To this day they talk about Oscar. It will be sad news for me to deliver.

]]> By: Chris http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108/comment-page-1#comment-37763 Chris Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:46:26 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108#comment-37763 Thanks onleyone - that slipped through my editing net! It's now corrected. Chris Thanks onleyone – that slipped through my editing net! It’s now corrected.

Chris

]]> By: onleyone http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108/comment-page-1#comment-37620 onleyone Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:40:46 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/dead-gator-to-be-deified-in-georgia/1108#comment-37620 seems like an appropriate memorial for a venerable old swamp monster! btw, a bit of nit-picking: in the first sentence, "populous" (adj.) should be "populace" (n.). seems like an appropriate memorial for a venerable old swamp monster!

btw, a bit of nit-picking: in the first sentence, “populous” (adj.) should be “populace” (n.).

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