They scare me and fascinate me at the same time. I"ll shorten a long story. When we were kids in Oklahoma these alligator snappers were quite common. When I was really little, the policeman that lived next door, emptied his revolver in the back of one. The next day the turtle crawled off.
We were lucky enough to be a member of the local country club that had a pool. As little kids, we had swimming lessons at 9:00 am. The club also had a golf course and the first tee was by the pool. So was a small lake. A giant snapper had made it from the pond to the pool overnight and was submerged in the shallow end. All of us kids were bouncing around on our toes in the shallow end until some noticed the Alligator Snapper.
When we were older we cornered a big *** turtle and were throwing rocks at it trying to kill it. Some ladies stopped and told us to stop doing that! It surprised us because as kids that's just what we thought you were supposed to do!? (Snakes too.)
If you kill the snapper and the ducks pick the shell clean, I want it.