There was a song called Amos Moses, who used his son for aligator bait. Is this from a real family, is it a?

Question

common practice in Louisiana and other southern states. What about other things in the song, are they also based off of true things?

Answer 1

Hey Victor, I'm from La and when this song was written by Jerry Reed is WAS illegal to hunt gater's in La. Now gator hunting is perfectly legal (with a permit). That being said there WERE quite a few hardcore good ole boy's who made their living taking illegal fish and game including gator for sell on the black market (one of my uncles included among them)....As for the part about using the boy for gator bait....most unlikely. Gators are actually much easier to catch using a DEAD bait (usually chickens)

I hope this answers your Question

Answer 2

The song which came out in the mid 1970s was by Jerry Reed.

Yeah here comes Amos
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by himself in the swamp
He hunted alligator for a living
He'd just knock them in the head with a stump
The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy

Now everyone blamed his old man
For making him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses

Now the folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest meanest alligator
And he'd just use one hand
That's all he got left cause an alligator bit it
Left arm gone clear up to the elbow

Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos was up in the swamp
Trading alligator skins
So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy
But he never came out
Well I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to
Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou
About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana
Lived a cat named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth
Called him Amos Moses

I know son
Make it count son
About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana

Answer 3

Never happened, the other parts of "Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed are hyperbole of Louisiana culture in particular. Killing a lawman and feeding his body to alligators is extremely rare.

Answer 4

Its like an urban legend among swamp people.

Answer 5

A MYTH.