Kicker: Body surfing gator

NICK EICHER, HOST: With the start of summer, the beach community of Dauphin Island, Alabama, is getting ready for tourists. One travel website calls the barrier island one of Alabama’s secret gems.

The local visitor’s guide boasts of pristine white-sandy beaches, amazing seafood, a laid back vibe.

SOUND: [ALLIGATOR IN SURF]

So perhaps that’s what attracted one recent visitor to the beaches of Dauphin Island. Audio here from a video shot by Matt Harvill. And I should add, it’s not what you hear, but what you see a massive alligator body surfing.

Harvill explained the gator didn’t seem aggressive. I imagine it’s just the laid-back vibe just as the brochure says. The alligator, he says, didn’t hiss, didn’t charge, didn’t open its mouth at all.

But, ah, you know, it didn’t make him anything other than an alligator, and that’s all the information I need. How about you?

REICHARD: I thinking Gator jambalaya.

EICHER: Don’t mess around! It’s The World and Everything in It.

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