We know the Chiefs are fast. These Cajun creatures are (way) faster
NEW ORLEANS (KCTV) - As the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles prepare for Super Bowl 59, the Louisiana Bayou welcomes visitors in town for the game.
Tourists have swapped the stadium’s roar for the swamp’s croak until Sunday.
While NFL players might reach speeds of 20 mph, alligators can hit 35 mph in the water. Eric Dumas knows that fact since he’s the “gator wrangler” and captain at Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours.
“Once you get out here and you start enjoying it, it just comes secondhand,” Dumas said. He added with a chuckle, “Yeah, very carefully,” acknowledging the risks. Dumas itted he’s been bitten a time or two.
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Missy Fontenot, who spent 30 years in nonprofit istration and found herself working at the Swamp gift shop now, is in retirement. She initially ed the Ragin Cajun team four years ago and has seen it all.
“All kinds of crazy things,” Fontenot said. “Learning on the job, never a dull moment, not ever.”
Ragin Cajun’s land extends 5,000 acres and is home to a thousand alligators. Dumas recognizes each one’s quirks.
“You learn to know them because you see them every day,” Dumas said.
Much like swamp survival, this year’s Super Bowl winner will be determined by which team plays with the most resilience and dominance.
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