I was bitten by an alligator

lizard.

Yup, an alligator lizard. So adorable. So harmless looking, right?

A few teenagers were sitting in a local park above our beautiful Agua Hedionda Lagoon, attempting to humanely herd this creature off the grass and back into his native habitat of sagebrush and coyote bush, when I waltzed by and thought I’d be the conquering heroine and offer my assistance.

They were afraid to pick him up, but I said, “no problem, guys, here’s how it’s done.” I then proceeded to pick him up, totally forgetting the proper way to handle a scared reptile and he immediately latched onto my finger with his razor sharp teeth and WOULD NOT LET GO.

So much for my heroics; I started screaming and shook off the poor little fella, sending him sailing off into the bushes. No worries, though. He was FINE, scurrying away with all of his limbs intact and whole, probably searched for his family to tell them about the lunatic human he encountered, while I was nursing several bleeding puncture wounds…amid teenaged laughter. To be fair, they DID ask me if I was OK, but I think they actually recorded the whole incident, so if you see it on YouTube, yes, that was ME.

I dropped my phone whilst repelling the attack of the ‘gator, and this pic was accidentally taken…

It was all good, though. Just a day in the life of Princess Rosebud.

24 thoughts on “I was bitten by an alligator”

Ouch! Hope your fingers okay.

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Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 11, 2016 at 11:00 PM said:

Totally, unless I’ve been poisoned, but it’s been 24 hours and all looks good. Cleaned it, poured alcohol on it, and no infection. Silly me!

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So funny and terrible at the same time- glad you survived the attack!

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Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 12, 2016 at 12:27 AM said:

You’re right, it WAS funny and terrible but mostly funny!

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So sorry you were bitten xo sending healing hugs

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Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 12, 2016 at 12:28 AM said:

That’s what I get for being a show off lol. It gave everyone a good laugh.

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I know what you mean. I tried to get one out of my home safely and the bugger latched onto my finger and wouldn’t let go. Who would have thought something so small had teeth that sharp!

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Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 12, 2016 at 7:17 PM said:

I KNOW!!! I guess their name…”alligator” should have given you and me a clue. I’m OK, and it gave me some much needed chuckles…

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- GP Cox on July 12, 2016 at 7:22 PM said:
  
  I’m okay, it just startled me that it had such a strong grip.
  
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- Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 12, 2016 at 7:32 PM said:
  
  I think that’s what shocked me too!
  
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Hard to press ‘Like’ on this one. I hope you’re OK.

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Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 12, 2016 at 7:18 PM said:

Totally OK, thank you for asking…although there’s a strange scaly texture that’s taking over my skin…haha

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- Dan Antion on July 12, 2016 at 8:04 PM said:
  
  Ha. Someday, you’ll make a nice pocketbook 😉
  
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- Enchanted Seashells, Confessions of a Tugboat Captain's Wife on July 13, 2016 at 3:22 PM said:
  
  Hmm, I’m laughing, but I know I should NOT (as a vegan)
  
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- Dan Antion on July 13, 2016 at 4:22 PM said:
  
  You’re a vegan. Doesn’t say nothin about the ultimate consumer…just sayin
  
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You were still the heroine, even if it didn’t go quite as planned.
I rescued one of these from my pool when I was still in San Diego. I was doing laps and find him swimming out towards me. When I got the immediate terror under control I saw that he was shaking and in bad shape. So, I scooped him out and got him rinsed off with clean water and then got him into a bit of protected sun to dry off and recuperate. He stayed for a couple hours and then moved on.

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