Along with some other things, I jumped into a pond!
It's one of those random turns that my life periodically makes. I was working, but then I ended up on the bank of a pond, and this Common Snapping Turtle was just a few feet in the water. After I took off my shoes, it began to move away, so my socks stayed on as I went in, and grabbed this beast. I had seen it earlier from up on a hill, and guessed that it had about a ten inch shell length. I was correct! Check it out.