http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_north_cincinnati/lebanon/alligators-and-drugs-not-an-uncommon-combination
"But if McCants was using the gators for protection, he'd be relying more on myth than reality.
"They're absolutely all bark and no bite," Oxier said. "People would go, '...I'm not going anywhere near that alligator,' but they're actually very docile animals, not prone to attack humans at all."
You would almost think it was a pitty person talking about a pit bull!