Amos Moses (Jerry Reed)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Amos Moses
Song/Album	"Amos Moses"/ Georgia Sunshine
Act	Jerry Reed
Writer	Jerry Reed
Release Date	1960
ABILITIES
Powers	Supernaturally strong, large, and agile "He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator/ And he'd just use one hand"
Skills	Hunting alligators, and anyone hunting him
Attributes	"Could eat up his weight in groceries"
Vulnerabilities	Ironically, his prey: "Alligator bit it/ Left arm gone, clear up the the elbow"
Formidability	Above average
Attractiveness	"The folks around south Louisiana said Amos was a hell of a man"
Source	Practice, out of necessity
Goals	"Hunting alligator [for its] skin"... "for a living"
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	May use traps to catch alligators, but then kills them by "knock[ing] them on the head with a [tree] stump."
Amulets	N/A
Objects	N/A
Clothing	N/A but it's likely ragged and wet
Vehicles	N/A but may have a boat to get around the bayou; most locals do.
Dwelling	"Forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodaux, Louisiana"
Milieu	A home (shack?) in the swamp
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male
Age	adult
Physique	Very large
Ethnicity	"Amos Moses was a Cajun"
Origin	"Named him after a man of the cloth"
Ancestry	"A man called Doc Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah"
Profession	Alligator hunter
Education	Self-taught
SES	Very low
Relationships	Abused by father, who "used him for alligator bait."
Pets	None
PERSONALITY
Morality	amoral. lives in survival mode
Intro/extrovert	"Lives by himself in the swamp""
Intelligence	smarter than most alligators
Emotions	"mean as a snake"
Sanity	Functional but likely traumatized by childhood abuse
Enemies	Was sought by a "sheriff" who knew Amos because "It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp." The lawman disappeared.
Narrative Function	Antagonist
Other Notes	Amos is not a bad man. But he was abused to the point of wanting to withdraw from society altogether. He found a way to earn a living without hurting anyone but alligators. Now, this was illegal, and the law did try to stop him-- although having one lone officer go after Amos (a man who could subdue an alligator literally single-handedly) on his own turf-- was not wise. The fact that no one saw fit to follow the sheriff or look for his body is a good indication that the local law's new policy toward this hunter is live and let live. Amos is also not dumb. He knows better than to extinct the species that provides his livelihood, and likely hunts responsibly. Unlike most predators, he does not go after the sick and weak, but the biggest ones, with the biggest, priciest pelts. In removing the largest gators, he makes the swamp safer for other hunters, anglers, and tourists who might venture there. In case anyone wants to know why the law is reluctant to arrest this criminal.