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« on: January 01, 2018, 07:58:14 AM »
It’s a few years ago now since spending some time in Charleston SC and staying in a small, new development, property backing onto a lake in Mount Pleasant. On the second day, taking my breakfast out onto the patio, there just laying on the lawn was the biggest Alligator I had ever seen in my life. It must have been some 60 feet away but it looked like I could just reach out and touch. I slowly backed up, turned and then ran. Whilst putting on a dry pair of trousers it dawned on me just why the pool was surrounded by a tall wire fence (I had previously thought it was there to prevent young children accidentally falling into the pool and drowning – wrong !). Others may laugh but we have no predators here in the UK and that Alligator was the most scary thing I have ever seen in my life. Never saw him (or her) again all the time I was there, but I never again went out onto the patio early morning or after dusk.
So, as a second guess…
Tweakie.