Swamps Élysées: the Queen of Gator

April 22, 2015 10:32 AM

Meet Georgia’s Christy Plott Redd, the self-proclaimed monarch holds court from the bayous of Louisiana to the posh boutiques of Paris. Her calling card? The skins of the American alligator.
posted by Frank Grimes (5 comments total)

Sobek weeps
posted by clavdivs at 10:33 AM on April 22, 2015 [2 favorites]

In nature, just 12 percent of hatchlings will grow to at least four feet. (Juveniles face floods, raccoons, and cannibalism.)

Relevant footage of vicious raccoon predation.
posted by almostmanda at 10:56 AM on April 22, 2015

“Yeah, that’s the butthole,” she said. “It would be a little butthole clutch.”

I like this woman already.
posted by chavenet at 11:04 AM on April 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

And the meat ain't bad either.
posted by dudemanlives at 11:07 AM on April 22, 2015

Not a fan.
posted by Gymnopedist at 1:20 PM on April 22, 2015