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Lone Star · September 8, 2004, 03:22 AM

Mannlicher-

I am very interested in your knifing alligators. Which knives did you use, and where did you stab them? How big were the 'gators?

Back in the 1980's, "South African Panorama" ran a feature on an angler attacked by a crocodile, the usual Nle species. For some obscure reason, these men (four) hadn't taken any guns on their bush fishing trip, and their knives couldn't penetrate the croc's tough hide. Rescue was effected by stabbing the reptile in the eye, after which it left its victim and departed. The angler who saved his friend won a lifesaving award.

I've heard that one can't stab sharks, but have found a number of cases where people did just that, often successfully. And I know of a lion and a cougar being killed by knife, also a man-eating bear in Canada.

Lone Star

September 8, 2004, 03:22 AM	#7
Lone Star Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2002 Posts: 512	Mannlicher- I am very interested in your knifing alligators. Which knives did you use, and where did you stab them? How big were the 'gators? Back in the 1980's, "South African Panorama" ran a feature on an angler attacked by a crocodile, the usual Nle species. For some obscure reason, these men (four) hadn't taken any guns on their bush fishing trip, and their knives couldn't penetrate the croc's tough hide. Rescue was effected by stabbing the reptile in the eye, after which it left its victim and departed. The angler who saved his friend won a lifesaving award. I've heard that one can't stab sharks, but have found a number of cases where people did just that, often successfully. And I know of a lion and a cougar being killed by knife, also a man-eating bear in Canada. Lone Star