He now has a net worth of $1 million and runs the Old Florida Bar-B-Q business in his hometown of Florida. His company, Gator Boys Alligator Rescue, gained its brand image as a result of the show.
Jimmy Riffle became one of Florida’s most well-known alligator rescuers after five seasons of adrenaline rush on Gator Boys.
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Later, the two joined to create the popular Animal Planet reality television series “Gator Boys,” which focused on their rescuing business’s everyday tasks. Jimmy and his friend Paul Bedard later founded the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue organization in Florida. Jimmy, at the age of 18, followed in his footsteps and became the manager of the National Village.
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Mike Johns(Skeet), his mentor, showed him how to manage natural nature with comfort and care. He eventually began volunteering at the Hollywood, Florida-based Alligator Zoo.
He learned how to treat animals with respect and control there. Riffle, who was born on August 10, 1968, went to South Plantation High School and began helping in Florida’s exotic forests at the age of 11. If his mentor Skeet hadn’t jumped in to save him, his right thumb would have been severed. He was bitten in the right thumb by a 9-foot alligator that clung to him for nearly 8 minutes. The worst, he claims, happened when he was 18 years old. Jimmy Riffle Couldn’t Have Died At The Age Of 18! In his interviews, the fearless alligator savior frequently discusses his perilous confrontations with alligators. Online condolences may be extended to the Riffle family at The Riffle family entrusted the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel with the arrangements.According to Riffle, he motivates people to recognize, enjoy, and respect native species and ecology. Greg Peters for the tender, compassionate care he offered their mother. The family would like to express their sincerest appreciation to Dr. Private family services will be held and interment will be in the Tenmile Baptist Cemetery. She was an avid reader and enjoyed Christian books and reading her Bible.
Riffle was a loving mother and grandmother who lived for the “lights of her life” - her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Riffle, Logan and Austin Farnsworth, Shelby and Gabe Allman, Haleigh and Hayden Perry, Alex, Leon, Kaitlynn, and Nathan Smallridge, Elisha, Lily, and Lyla Lewis, and Caleb and Jesse Liggett and several nieces and nephews. She is survived by two daughters: Brenda Smallridge of Buckhannon and Audrey Smallridge of Tallmansville one son Steve Riffle of Buckhannon 12 grandchildren: Jeremiah Smallridge, Pamela Robinson, Kristy Liggett, Joshua Smallridge, Shelley Loss, Robert Perry, Shawn Smallridge, Michael Metz, Todd Perry, Corey Riffle, Candida Lewis, and Hunter Smallridge 24 great grandchildren: Trevor, Jenna, and Emmy Robinson, Mackenzie and Dalton Crites, Trenton, Everleigh, Colton, and Corey Jr. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was also preceded in death by one daughter Deborah Perry two sons: Robert (Denny) and James (Jimmy) Riffle two sisters: Freda Tenney and Susanna (Sue) Landis 10 brothers: Henry, Burl, Richard, Clinton, Harold, Marvis Ray, Lloyd, Lonnie Jr., Jefferson (Jim), and Daniel Dane Kelley. On August 20, 1955, she was united in marriage to Robert Paul Riffle, who preceded her in death on July 17, 2004. She was born June 26, 1937, at Tenmile, W.Va., a daughter of the late Lonnie and Gertie Reed Kelley. Sarah Lee Riffle, 82, of Buckhannon, the Lick Run Community, died Monday, July 15, 2019, at her home.
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