It happens to all cyclists – you spot a piece of debris on the road ahead that seems to be one thing then, on closer inspection, it turns out to be something else entirely.
That’s what happened to this rider in Florida, who began bemoaning someone leaving a log in the road before correcting himself, saying, “Oh that’s a crocodile. Or alligator. Whatever.” [We assume the middle one – Ed]
In 2014, Florida cyclist Steve Spell fell off his bike as he attempted to take a selfie when he realised he was about to run over an alligator.
He berated the creature afterwards with the words, “You were just all up in my Corn Flakes, buddy.”
13 thoughts on “Video: Cyclist mistakes alligator for log”
I cycled over a stick, a few
I cycled over a stick, a few years ago riding in Spain, that snapped or bounced up and brushed the outside of my leg. It was very cold and moved quite swiftly for a stick…
I hit a badger going to work
I hit a badger going to work …….it buggered up my wheel @ 5 AM in morning had to ‘phone work to send a transit van out to recover me (I am a postman)
£100 worth of wheel and the badger just waddled off
postmandick wrote:
I heard a badger before I saw it one night on the way home from work. It was the claws on the pavement I heard then I saw it and was shocked at the size of it. It’s no wonder it won the battle with your front wheel.
“Good job I was alert ….”,
“Good job I was alert ….”, says this pillock as he tries taking photos whilst cycling. For his next trick he will erect his touring tent before reaching the campsite?
Taking selfies while riding?
Taking selfies while riding?
Another nomenee for the Darwin award.
Is it my imagination or does
Is it my imagination or does he cycle back in the direction he just came from?
Is it my imagination or does
Is it my imagination or does he cycle back in the direction he just came from?
Is that Cleveland Brown?
Is that Cleveland Brown?
I ran over a hedgehog once. I
I ran over a hedgehog once. I think I killed it, but I wasn’t brave enough to go back to check.
dottigirl wrote:
On my second day of riding in the UK I rode around a corner and ran over a dead hedgehog. Was just thinking to myself, “wouldn’t it be funny if the spikes…” when PSSSHhhhttt.. Yep. dead hedgehog 1, bike tyre nil.
I ran over a squirrel on a
I ran over a squirrel on a time trial, doing about 30 mph. It ran out under my wheel, I felt a bump and it shot off towards the central reservation. Not sure who got the biggest shock!
Go cycling in the tropics and
Go cycling in the tropics and this kind of thing is commonplace. A snake slithered into the road when I was riding up a steep climb in Ecuador. I wasn’t going very quickly and managed to stop. Then a woman came out of her house and started hitting it with a stick until it disappeared into the bushes. It happened again on a downhill stretch a few weeks later. That snake wasn’t so lucky as I rode right over it!
I hit a large rabbit-like
I hit a large rabbit-like creature last summer. It lay in the road for ages and then a passing car stopped to help. The driver got out and discharged an aerosol can on the animal. Remarkably, it lept to its feet and hopped away; pausing a few metres down the road to raise its hand to us both. Apparently the magic treatment was hare spray, with extra wave.