Posted on 06/02/2017 5:16:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Look before you leap. It’s an old saying that may have helped keep a Florida family safe this Memorial Day after a large alligator took up residence in their swimming pool.
Sarasota County sheriff’s deputies were called Monday to a Venice, Florida home to help relocate the uninvited guest, which was measured at 7 to 8 feet long.
Gators in Florida swimming pools are not uncommon. But, this one was captured on video thrashing and rolling about as a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper attempted to drag the critter out of the water.
After the trapper slipped a noose over the gator’s head and dragged it toward the pool’s steps, the animal went berserk, rolling more than a dozen times and snapping its jaws.
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That’s how they roll.
Depends on how close to the glades you are but I remember this from my days as a telephone man in Ft Lauderdale.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-08-18/news/8902260470_1_snake-todd-hardwick-python
Back in 72 I had a GF that a pet snake she let go in Birch Park,always wondered if this one was “Winks”
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