Friday, December 31, 2021

Everything you want in a Texas story

A seasoned raccoon for bait and a 580-pound alligator

LIVINGSTON -- Livingston Mayor Judy B. Cochran bagged a 12-foot alligator—the same creature, she believes, that ate her miniature horse a few years ago. “Typically the gators don’t bother us, but we’ve been looking for [this one],” Cochran told the Houston ChronicleCochran, who recently became a great-grandmother, used a seasoned raccoon to attract the 580-pound animal to her pond, where she shot it. She plans to mount its tail in her office and make several pairs of boots from its hide. – Texas Monthly

Also distinctly Texan – a great-grandmother who knows how long to season a raccoon, as well as where to properly place a bullet to ensure quick death to the targeted animal.

 

 

2 comments:

  1. Watch out for those Texas grannies. They can spit fire when they need to.

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  2. You got that right. My more direct and blunt Texas grandmother would tell anybody in a heartbeat, "The hell I can't."

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