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Waddell once performed as an alligator wrestler, and he also played semipro football. A professional alligator wrestler undergoes an event that might make him rethink his career choice. The two plan to marry in Cleveland in June of 2015. In 1905, Waddell won the ALs pitching Triple Crown, leading the league with 27 wins, 287 strikeouts and a 1.48 ERA.
She moved to Florida last year after graduating from Kent State University and met Eric within the first week. Samantha called the unique proposal the “greatest surprise of her life.” She stayed on stage to finish the act, only to have an enormous spider get placed in her hand, then on top of her brand new ring! “My dream has always been to be an alligator wrestler so an infant alligator was nothing!” Samantha said.Īnd there was something else Samantha wasn’t afraid of. “I was secretly more excited to hold the baby alligator than the ring!” Samantha told Fox 8 News.Īnd she wasn’t afraid of the animal, either. Female alligators frequently defend their nest and young, but there have been no confirmed reports. Nests average about 2 feet (0.6 m) in height and 5 feet (1.5 m) in diameter. Instead, the ring was tied to a baby alligator, which Samantha took into her hands while nodding yes. Females lay a single clutch of 30 to 50 eggs in a mound of vegetation from early June to mid-July. When the blindfold was removed, Eric was on his knee, but he didn’t have a ring box.
Samantha was chosen from the audience to participate in an “Up Close Encounters” act and was blindfolded on stage. ORLANDO - A Florida man proposed to his Cleveland sweetheart with some help from her favorite animal, and though he got down on one knee, the story is anything but traditional.Įric Griemsmann popped the question to Samantha Warner in February, but the video was just recently shared on YouTube.īecause Samantha loves alligators, Eric decided to propose during a trip to Gatorland in Orlando. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.