Farmhouse Magic Blog Readers, it’s time for another true story from this blogger.

I grew up in a warm sunny area of the country.  We lived right behind a live oak park and a lemon grove.

Anyway, a small creek ran through our property and then snaked its way through the park.  Sometimes our dolls went for a swim in that creek.

As kids we often went down to the creek to play around the water.  Occasionally we would see a frog or two.  We would poke around the water with sticks and pile rocks around it to hold the water back.

 

Anyway, one day my younger sister and I walked down the hill to the creek.  We were playing in the water when suddenly, the reeds started to move and something came rushing towards us.  To me it seems to be the size of a small piglet and boy was it fast.

Naturally, we took off running as fast as our bare feet could take us.

My sister said she looked back and said it was a alligator!  Was this the figment of a young girl’s mind or were we really chased by a mad alligator?  Could there have been a lost pet that grew to a great size?  Some type of rare large lizard?  Please note there are no wild alligators where I lived.

I think my mom went down with her trusty shovel to investigate but didn’t see anything.  She was always the brave one.

We never saw that animal again but for one day we were fast enough to out run that “alligator”.

Did you ever have a close call with a wild animal as a kid?   Please leave us a comment below.