Alligators can look mighty mean when you are eye-to-eye with one

By Murray Montgomery - Staff WriterThe March 2025 issue of Texas Highways magazine had an interesting piece about American alligators in Texas. I’ll have to admit that I found the title to be quite funny – it read, “The American alligator isn’t nearly as mean as it looks.”Now, I don’t know how much the writer, Asher Elbein, knows about gators but when you’re face-to- face with one, they can look…