Fair Warning

Last week I spent a few hours kayak fishing in a small lake near Selma, Alabama. After I had finished fishing, had loaded the kayak back on top of my car and was about to drive away, a man approached my car somewhat hurriedly, motioning for me to roll down my window so he could talk to me.

"Are you from here?" he asked. When I answered that I was not, he asked where I was from. I told him that I was from Georgia, now curious about the obvious concern on his face.

"You're alright now," he said, pausing for a moment and looking more worried for me than ever. "But in a couple of weeks..." Another pause.  "There are alligators in this lake that are BIGGER than that boat!"