A retired bishop for the diocese of South Carolina recently got his suit wet. Fitz Allison was assisting the caretaker of his plantation in grappling a 12 foot 748 pound alligator.
The Georgetown County Times explains,
[T]he big gator was a possible threat to working the ponds and to the expensive carp that are used in an effort to control the algae without chemicals.
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The 83-year-old Allison was helping Fenters, but had to go to Charleston for a meeting. He was dressed in a suit, and in its thrashing and rolling the gator’s tail hit the water with a resounding thwack. Allison’s clothes got wet, of course.
He had to leave Fenters to handle the gator. It took about two hours to secure the gator where it could be finished off.