- Footage shows the moment a brave amateur golfer risked it all to retrieve his ball from the tail of an alligator.
- Kyle Downes and his brother were playing Sunday at the Coral Oaks
Golf Course in Cape Coral, Florida, when one of their balls landed on the alligator. - "It's going to whip you with that tail, dude!" Downes could be heard saying in the video. "Oh, my God!"
- According to NBC News, the gator — a regular at the course — is known as Charlie and is 10 feet long.
No, the above image isn't Adam Sandler on the set of "Happy Gilmore."
It's actually an amateur golfer from Florida who risked his life to retrieve his ball from the tail of a 10-foot alligator.
Kyle Downes and his brother were playing Sunday at the Coral Oaks Golf Course in Cape Coral when one of their balls landed on the gator's tail.
Not wanting to retrieve the ball himself, Downes allowed his sibling to do the honor while he recorded the incident on his phone.
"It's going to whip you with that tail, dude!" Downes said as his brother approached the animal, which shot back into the water as soon as it felt the ball disappear.
"Oh, my God!"
According to NBC News, the gator - a regular at the course - is known as Charlie.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the incident, unlike in "Happy Gilmore." Poor Chubbs.
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