The Turtle at Alligator Bayou

  Alligator Bayou   (click link for map) Located off the side of Hwy 65 about 9 miles, as the crow flies, south of Tallulah, La, is Alligator Bayou. This is home to a variety of swampy wildlife like the American alligator but also Alligator snapping turtles.  (google stock photos - will be replaced with personal images once taken) This location was about to have a huge addition... Hi my name is Emily Sevier Stokes. This blog is dedicated to the Alligator Snapping Turtle fishing dock my dad Marshall Sevier built several years ago after a simple request made by my mom Sharon for a fishing dock. She just wanted a place to take their grandkids and after close to 50 years of marriage, her wish was his command...  Now if you know my dad, you'll know he doesn't do things...conventionally. He is very creative and unorthodox in most of what he does. He is an out of the box thinker, so a traditional fishing dock was the furthest thing from his mind.  But why an alligator ...