Gators, I Tell You!

Some sounds can mimic or at least compare to other sounds. Familiar sounds are like how the sound of sizzling bacon in the pan can sound like rain falling on a metal roof, or the way coyotes howl can sounds like emergency sirens. Laughter can sound like crying.

There are certain sounds that have no comparison. One that comes to mind is the sound of hatchling alligators. Oh it’s a cute sound if you’ve never heard it before. It’s just cute enough that I’m sure people and other animals have been lured in to check out the sound and ended up as a meal of the gators mother. Here is a link to the sound Baby Gator.

We’ve had some warm evenings lately where I’ve been hearing frogs croaking in the pond or in the swamp near where my horses live. However, I have also been hearing the unmistakable sound of baby alligators. It is faint but it is clear. My mind starts wondering as to what if someone dumped a baby gator in the culvert and if the winters are mild enough not to kill a little gator. How long before the lives of me or my animals are in danger.

I’ve heard this sound for three evenings now. It stops when I stop what I’m doing to listen for it, but as soon as I resume my motions it starts squeaking again.

It was on the fourth night of this that I realized that what was squeaking like a gator was actually my new barn boots. The left boot squeaks like a baby alligator whenever it is twisted in a certain direction. Talk about fear of one’s own shadow. Yeah, I’m a bumb-ass.