5 Real Sports So Brutal You’ll Think We Made Them Up

3. Seminole Indians Wrestled Alligators For Food and Sport

Pushed into the Florida Everglades during the Seminole Wars, they relied on alligators for food, medicine, and even armor—using the rugged back scutes as protection . When tourists saw Seminoles capturing alligators, they mistook it for entertainment and threw money, so the Seminoles turned it into a profitable sport that continues today .