37 lber pic

[Mark B.]

As a kid, I remember other younger kids in our neighbor somehow loaded a big snapper into a Radio Flyer Wagon. They caught it in “The Brook” an unnamed trib to. The S. Branch Raritan, Three Bridges.

They wheeled it up to the houses, & one of the mothers began lecturing them on the dangerous turtle.

With a very short stick in her hand she pointed it @ the turtle’s head,…..“See, they can bite…………….” & WHAM, the neck & head shot out & bit her good! Luckily it didn’t latch on, but her blood was everywhere . She had to go to the emergency room. Good lesson for the kids.