![]() I had a 12-footer take a chunk out of my arm. Q: I’m assuming the head bites are the worst bites you’ve ever had? They bite me, hang on for two seconds, and spit me out. I’ve seen two other guys get bit in the head and the gator spikes him and holds him down and three guys have to come over with crowbars and stuff to pry the gator’s mouth open. I feel like I’m cheating them if I don’t do it. I had to do the head trick at every show. It’s always during alligator wrestling shows and I’d say it’s a safe bet I’ve done more head tricks than anybody probably ever in wrestling because I used to do 15-to-20 wrestling shows a day and. Jimmy: He could be in Guinness Book of World Records. I’ve probably been bitten more than anybody I know. It would take us twice as long to film an episode because they wanted that in-the-water shot and we’d go on 10 catches in a row and you couldn’t see anything. The mud and stuff was a challenge for both of us, but for me, the dirty water was just killing me. ![]() I think enjoyed Mississippi more than I did. Q: This season you’re back home in Florida. So I started catching gators with him and then Jimmy and I teamed back up and started doing it. And he said if you really want to save gators, you should become an agent for me. I was buying gators off of him for the wrestling show so they wouldn’t be harvested because I didn’t want to see them killed. Paul: I got into it later with a guy named Kevin Garvey, who’s the main trapper in Broward County. When we started catching gators, it wasn’t for the Florida Wildlife Commission, it was for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. We do school groups, birthday parties, adult parties, but mainly it’s summer groups and kid birthday parties. Native Village is a small educational zoo in Hollywood, Fla. But I also did alligator wrestling for entertainment and educational purposes. Jimmy: No, I actually worked for the Seminole Tribe of Florida at a place called the Native Village and I went and caught wild alligators with people on the reservation. Q: But at 11, you weren’t catching nuisance gators. Jimmy: I actually started catching alligators and wrestling when I was 11-years-old and it escalated from there. Q: At what age did you catch your first gator? If a call went to an area is not licensed in - and he went and tried to catch that gator - he could get arrested. Paul: If you want to go to jail, you can do it. Q: So the average person can’t go out and catch a gator? Q: Do you have to be licensed to do what you do? The Post sat down with Bedard and Riffle, on a recent trip to New York, to ask the colorful pair some questions about their very unusual line of work. On the show, licensed alligator trappers Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle deal with the dangerous beasts, usually in the Florida Everglades (last season’s episodes took place in Mississippi). Kittens born in museum fighter jet stayed for weeksĮlephants' boozy adventure leaves them drunk, hungoverĪnimal Planet’s “Gator Boys,” one of the network’s most popular shows, wraps up its summer season Sunday night. Georgia man busted for running dogfighting ring 'Handsy' monkey goes wild on former Miss Peru in Bali
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