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'Gator Crusader' celebrates Halloween with pumpkin-smashing alligators
An Orlando man is celebrating spooky season with his alligators. A video shows him throwing a pumpkin into one of his gator's mouths.
ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando man celebrated spooky season in true Floridian fashion — with his alligators.
"This year [I] decided to celebrate Halloween by demonstrating the awesome power of an alligators jaws," Michael Womer, a performing animal wrangler known as the "Gator Crusader", told Storyful.
Womer regularly films stunts with his reptiles. A video shows him throwing a pumpkin straight into one of his alligator’s mouths, where it is effortlessly crushed.
Womer said he had made it a yearly habit to smash pumpkins with his gators for Halloween, but health issues had halted the tradition.
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"Unfortunately the friendly neighborhood Gator Crusader had a stroke several years ago, and it appeared [as] though his alligator adventures had come to an end," he said. "Through hard work and diligence, he was determined to return to the alligator world."
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