Bull alligator, I do not remember what he weighed, but he was the biggest of four that were worked with that day. The guy prestaged us, moved me in on the left side, gave me control of him (minus the rope around his neck that was held snug) stepped off to the right side, staged my son right behind me and we snapped the pic. The dismount was an exact reverse of the mount. This was in 2000. We held some of the younger ones and had alligator fajita's. They were good.
He was not a happy camper. They told me the only thing that I HAD to do and MUST do, if he started to act up was to not let go of his head, and not jump off, and they would pile on and we would restrain him. WAIT.... he said WE would restrain him. NO PROBLEM as long as all I have to do is hold on to the head!!! I am not sure how it would have turned out if he decided to get wild, but I was not letting go. LOL
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EDIT: I was not wearing steel toes, but I thought I could do without the toes if I had to run like hell. I did have my trusty Jackson Nomads on at the time. I need to see the escape route.