Otis the Alligator Got Me

Actually, the headline should have read "Otis the Alligator Peed All Over My Leg," but I wanted to keep it a bit cleaner (cleaner than my leg at least).  Darn alligator!
It all started innocently enough at the Days of the Dead convention in Indianapolis.  Cuzz Gekas saw a table where they were letting you pose with a tarantula or a mini-gator.
I had several tarantulas (although I have no pictures with them), but I never held a mini-gator.  Plus, the gator had its' snout sealed shut and I figured it would be easier to control than a tarantula.
The best laid plans of mice and Johngy...
Cuzz and I carefully held Otis and the photog snapped a few pictures.  Otis started squirming just a bit and I saw Cuzz back away as he mentioned that Otis was urinating.  It was too late for yours truly though.  Otis let go a solid stream down my right leg.
Fortunately, my cameras, wallet and keys were in my other pockets.  Still, I had the right side of my shorts soaked in gator urine.  At least our hotel was located just across the parking lot.  I dried my leg with a couple towels at the table and we headed back to our room to change.
I love the picture below.  I look so happy.  Of course I was happy.  My shorts were still dry!
After the urination, I started to think of better things to do with the gator than posing for pictures.  I thought about alligator jerky, alligator soup, alligator ribs...well you get the idea.

Cuzz Gekas, Otis and me in Indianapolis, IN-July 2013.