Texas Gators: Guardians of the Swamps, Masters of the Bayous
They don't make good swimming partners
By Murray Montgomery
Staff Writer
Growing up on the Gulf Coast in Brazoria County, Texas, I am very familiar with alligators (gators). I was around them at my jobs with a seismograph crew exploring for oil and with a survey team for the Texas Highway Department. In that type of work, you are continuously out in the boondocks, so gators and snakes were very common.
I found that when you are writing …