Probably local to me. I submitted a ticket.

ping hostgator.com

Pinging hostgator.com [67.19.71.22] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 68.86.86.37: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 68.86.86.37: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 68.86.86.37: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 68.86.86.37: TTL expired in transit.

Ping statistics for 67.19.71.22:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Never seen that type of response . . .