Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-06-20
A aorGo ALLIGATOR.
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Bob u Dunn's creek IL the bess-
kaown to river men and tourists of
any alligator In Florida Ito 10 one a.
tbs largest sAuriahs Ia the State. being
fourteea feet els iaches In length.
while the largest alligator on The NJ.
John's river of wlsch any reliable ac.
count can bs had IL bot sixteea feet IN
length. Dunn's creek. Bob's home. Is
oBa ~ the most bcaatlfnl Of Florida
streams u Is twenty-five miles In
leAx,h and II 3. very deep. being the
outlet from Cresccal lake into ~.
John's river II IL very crooked
stream. and n 10 aarrow that In
plaeos the boAt will scrspe tAs banks.
IL ls lined With oyergreen@ which
'ase, overhead. forming leaiy hover
tlAi l. delighsfal 70 The lover oi the
pleturo~que. The winding- are very
Alxapt a times and tho navigation Is
sSeeedlngiy difieull The steamer
siesrgiA s'ap,Ain brlght commanding.
u the only boat nos piyiag in IT,
waters. In oue of the shortest Of the
many bends in Dumas crcck Bob has
bad his home for many years. always
lying on the game log. aud 80 close ~
the Jog that 'he passenger
can reach him with an oar
Alligators usually become fright
ened and roll OF from the logs
Into the water at the approach Of .
boat, hut Rob 8. used to a. and ap-
pears to wait for the boat % come
Every day Tor ten years be has ecen
seen on the same log. and - the boat
approaches he slightly turns his head.
as though he were waiting for the
Passengers 10 begin 10 shoe, at him.
which they Invariably do. After he
Is tired % this amusement he dives
into the water, ~ again rcappear when
the boat returns lic ha. been shot
every dag during the last decade. but
he never tires Of H. and no ons has
ever succeeded la hitting him In a
vulnerable place. lie seems Ia under
stand that hs i ther. to act a. tar
get Zoe the marksmon and throws hls
throat close against the log And turn.
his head - thai the bullets can not
strike his eyes. Ne then knows that
he is cafe. The log on which hob suns
himself has beer measured a number
of times, and his length l. therefore
well known. During tho In years
siuco he frst began 10 become famous
be- has grown tao feet
Captain Bright stated that he b..
lieyed the pilot would miss his lo~a-
tion II Bob vas to die lie l. certain
landmark and paSse,. gers who arc ac-
quaiRiod with the stream will ask
Hos many miles ara we from B0hP'
In order to asccrtaia their where
abouts.
The log upon which he lies has be-
come known - Bobs log. aud some
facotious passengers have made up
petitions 10 have Post-ofssce establish
ed there and Rob appointed a. post
master, giving him A. a surname thaa
"a a. ss.=.s. assau wsa~- a.. ~-~-h .s@4
called Several petltions, Il L. said.
have been prepared. bat 80 far AZ
heard from none have been presented
W the department; bat N 'Bob's Land.
ing. Bob Dunn. Postmastsr. IL ever
put Ia the Postal Guide IL can ba
known that no one lives there and the
postmaster is a huge gator
Bob's home Is the half-way point bc-
tween Crescent lake and 81 Johns
river, and visitors IA Florida should
not fall to see him. Captain Bright
states that u they ever run short oi
ammunition they will catch Bob aud
take the bullets cut Of his back. whsrs
enough to stock a small store must be-
imbeslded. Bob l. Ro, a myth. H.
can bc seen by any passenger who will
go up LAlnn's creek, and hundreds Of
tourists will testify a. 10 his existence
and characteristics Cor ~ Louis
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