Gator had missing woman's remains in its jaws when Houston police shot it dead
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San Antonio Express News ^
| 05/31/2024 | By Rhyma Castillo, Staff writer
Authorities discovered the remains of a missing woman in the jaws of an alligator this week in Houston, prompting an investigation into her cause of death by the city's Homicide Division Sergeants. “Patrol officers located the remains of a woman in the jaws of an alligator in the Horsepen Bayou, just west
of El Dorado Boulevard, while searching the area for a woman reported missing” on Tuesday, Houston police said in a Wednesday release. Police did not name the woman, who they believe to be in her 60s, but they told KHOU-TV that she went for a walk around 7:30...
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‘We can’t cuff him’: JSO removes nuisance gator from 104-year-old woman’s home
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news4jax.com ^
| May 22, 2024 | Ashley Harding
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – We are now in alligator mating season, so that means you can expect to see more reptiles out and about. For
one local woman, that meant a sighting a little too close for comfort. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a video (watch it below) showing Officers Kopp and Johnson removing a small alligator from the 104-year-old woman’s home near Atlantic Boulevard and Art Museum Drive. The officers had a little fun taking the gator away, saying, “We can’t cuff him” and then telling the gator they were going to “take him downtown” so he could “leave the...
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12-foot gator relocated after visiting Air Force base twice
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UPI ^
| May 20, 2024 | Ben Hooper
VIDEO AT LINK................... May 20 (UPI) -- A 12-foot alligator was relocated from Florida's MacDill Air Force Base after twice being found in restricted areas. The
12-foot, 4-inch gator was first spotted at the Tampa base in April, when it found its way to the runway and parked itself by the landing gear of a plane. The reptile was ejected, but put in a second appearance last week outside the Med Group facility. Base officials made arrangements for the alligator to be permanently relocated to Gatorama and Crocodile Adventures in Palmdale, a facility located about 155 miles away. Gatorama dubbed...
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'Absolute dinosaur' gator seen on Florida school path
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UPI ^
| May 17, 2024 | Ben Hooper
May 17 (UPI) -- Wildlife trappers were called to a Florida school where an "absolute dinosaur of an alligator" came wandering up a path. The
Pinellas County Sheriff's office said deputies responded to a report of a a large alligator on a pathway used by kids who walk to and from a nearby elementary school. Deputies contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for help relocating the 12.5-foot gator. "PCSO remained in the area to keep the public from accidentally stumbling across this absolute dinosaur of an alligator until trappers contracted through FWC arrived," the Sheriff's Office said on...
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Baby gator beats the heat in Florida fountain
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UPI ^
| May 14, 2024 | Ben Hooper
May 14 (UPI) -- A Florida woman out for her morning run came across an unexpected scene: a baby alligator beating the summer heat with a dip in a public fountain. Lauren
Shrage said she and her dog were out for their morning run in Palm Beach Gardens when she spotted something in the water in the fountain next to the Mirabella community's entrance gate. She recorded video when she realized the object was actually a small alligator taking a dip in the cool water. "Are you having a good day?" Shrage asks the gator in the video. Shrage said...
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Gator storms MacDill Air Force Base, fights wildlife officers
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actionnewsjax.com ^
| April 23, 2024 | Crystal Bonvillian, Cox Media
TAMPA, Fla. — In a scene only a few places in the U.S. could boast about, an alligator made himself at home Monday on a Florida military base, where he unsuccessfully fought off the wildlife officers assigned to capture him. Action
News Jax Logo WATCH (Opens in new window) Man at risk of going blind Drag to Resize Video TRENDING Gator storms MacDill Air Force Base, fights wildlife officers +Caption (MacDill Air Force Base) By Crystal Bonvillian, Cox Media Group National Content Desk April 23, 2024 at 4:51 am EDT TAMPA, Fla. — In a scene only a few places...
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Video: Man wrangles gator on Jacksonville road
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actionnewsjax.com ^
| April 22, 2024 | ActionNewsJax.com News Staff
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A viewer sent into Action News Jax a video of a man wrestling an alligator in the middle of the road Sunday. This happened on Edgewood Avenue. The video shows the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was also on the scene too. The
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said mating season for gators runs from late May to early June.
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Rare discovery: Fully intact mammoth jaw found in Florida’s gator-infested waters
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WSVN TV-7 ^
| NOVEMBER 17, 2023 | BY CAROLINA BORGES
Fort Myers, Fla. (WSVN) — A fossil enthusiast near Fort Myers stumbled upon an extraordinary find, unearthing a fully intact mammoth jaw believed to be around 10,000 years old from the waters teeming with alligators. John
Kreatsoulas, the fossil finder from Fossil Junkies Dig and Dive Charters, expressed his amazement. “I grabbed onto it just to hold on for a second and I realized ‘Wait a second, that’s not a tree, that was a mammoth,'” he said. The remarkable discovery was made in an area known for its alligator presence. Currently working to restore the ancient jaw, Kreatsoulas plans to...
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Emotional Support Gator
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https :// www . wisn . com / article / emotional - support - alligator - phillies - ballpark / 45374099 ^
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Gator-aid! Phillies fan is refused entry to Citizens Bank Park after bringing his emotional support ALLIGATOR 'Wally' to stadium to help battle depression
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Daily Mail UK ^
| September 28, 2023 | Dolores Chang
A Phillies fan has been refused entry to Citizens Bank Park after bringing his emotional support alligator named Wally. Joie Henney tried to bring in the reptile - which is helping him battle depression and cancer - to the baseball game on Wednesday night. But
the beast was not allowed in to watch the Phillies clinch a nail-biting playoff victory over the Pirates. 'Guide dogs, service animals, or service animals in training are welcome. All other animals are prohibited,' the Phillies' website said. Alligators do not belong to any of those categories and could only watch the Phillies take on...
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Florida Coast Guard Captain Battles and Catches 920-Pound Gator, Nearly Breaking State Record
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Family & Pets ^
| Sept 26, 2023 | Lauren
Florida is well-known for its alligators—they’re found in swamps, fields, and backyards, and they even can be seen crossing state roads on a regular basis. But
while alligators are certainly common, giant, 13-foot gators that weigh nearly 1,000 pounds are not. And that’s exactly what the US Coast Guard found last month, the second-largest alligator Florida has ever seen. Attempting to Catch the Behemoth Gator Last month, US Coast Guard Licensed Captain Kaevin Brotz and his friends took on the brave and terrifying job of catching and killing a huge alligator that was spotted in a lake outside Orlando. The...
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Young Florida man charged with animal cruelty for using baby gator to shotgun a Twisted Tea
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The Orlando Weekly ^
| June 29, 2023 | Jessica Bryce Young
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has charged a Plant City minor with animal cruelty after seeing the worst kind of clout-chasing video circulating on social media. The
video, recorded last Thursday in a Plant City Hardee's parking lot, shows a group of teens handling a juvenile alligator roughly. One uses the gator's teeth to puncture a can of Arizona Twisted Tea, then shotgun the alcoholic beverage with the young reptile still clamped to the aluminum can. “The lack of respect and responsibility shown toward this animal was disappointing to see. … This serves as a strong reminder of...
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Fla. man charged in death of boy found in gator also stabbed child’s mom over 100 times: report
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NY Post ^
| April 3, 2023 11:41am | By Yaron Steinbuch
A Florida man who was charged in the death of his 2-year-old son after the tot’s body was found in an alligator’s mouth allegedly stabbed the boy’s mother more than 100 times after she hosted a birthday party for him, a report said. Thomas
Mosley, 21, allegedly killed little Taylen Mosley and his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20, after guests left a 21st birthday party for Mosley in the mom’s St. Petersburg apartment, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Jeffery’s body was found on the bathroom floor next to a bloody shoeprint with a Gucci emblem and Mosley also left his fingerprints...
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‘Godzilla’ gator busts through iron fence with jaw-dropping ease
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NY Post ^
| March 10, 2023 9:03am | By Ben Cost
Nothing was going to stop this rampaging reptile from playing Gator Golf. Footage showed the jaw-dropping moment that a gigantic alligator bust through a golf course’s metal fence with ease like the Incredible Hulk. A video of the Kool-Aid commercial-esque moment currently boasts over a million views on Facebook. “Check out this
big guy bend the aluminum bars and plow right through it,” WINK weatherman Matt Devitt wrote of the “only in Florida” scene, which occurred at a private golf course in Placida. “We were trying to dig holes for it to go under before it decided to go through...
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Nine-Foot Gator Attacks Florida Man The Moment He Walks Out Of His Home: Report
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Daily Wire ^
| By Ryan Saavedra • Mar 7, 2023
A Florida man was violently attacked by a 9-foot alligator Saturday at his home in Daytona Beach. Scott Hollingsworth told local media that he and his wife were watching television on Saturday night when he heard something banging against the door. “I
jumped up and headed over and opened the door, stepped out while trying to reach the lights and barely got out the door and got my leg clamped on and [it] started shaking really violently,” he said. “It happened so quickly, wasn’t a whole lot [of time]. It was just total surprise and shock. We see alligators behind...
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Gator Ate Drone Flown By South FL Realtor: Watch
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Boca Raton Patch ^
| October 4, 2022 | Tiffany Razzano
SOUTH FLORIDA — A South Florida Realtor recently lost his drone after an alligator ate it. Rob
Rosetto with Rosetto Realty Group in Boca Raton shared a short video of the hungry gator jumping out of the water to snatch the drone mid-air on social media. (Watch the video below.) “Well, there goes my drone,” he wrote in a Sept. 24 Instagram post. “Damn alligator actually just ate it!” In the video, a group watching the gator erupts into laughter and cheers when it chomps down on the drone. A man’s voice can be heard saying, “That’s not funny.”
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Florida man survives 3 days in swamp after losing arm in gator attack
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The New York Post ^
| September 7, 2022 | Olivia Land
A Florida man lost his arm in a grizzly alligator attack, only to spend the next three days wandering the swamp looking for help. Eric
Merda, 43, of Sarasota, was visiting the Lake Manatee Fish Camp in Myakka City on July 17 when he got lost in the woods. When he arrived back at the lake, he opted to swim across it as opposed to walking around. “Not the smartest decision a Florida boy could make,” Merda admitted during an interview with 10 Tampa Bay that aired Monday. Not long into his swim, he told reporters, “I look over and...
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Get a Gator
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email from a friend | 6/10/2022 | not shown
Tallahassee Times, June 10th, 2022: Florida Woman Stops Alligator Attack Using a small .22 caliber Ruger Pistol.” Here's her story in her own words: "While walking along the edge of a pond just outside my house in the Villages discussing a property settlement with my soon-to-be ex-husband, along with other divorce issues,
we were surprised by a huge 12-ft alligator which suddenly emerged from the murky water. It began charging us with its large jaws wide open. She must have been protecting her nest because she was extremely aggressive. "If I had not had my little Ruger 22 caliber pistol...
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Gator attacked, ate 40lb pet dog 'like it was nothing,' owner tells Florida newspaper
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WEAR-TV 3 Pensacola | | The National Desk ^
| Friday, June 17th 2022 | by ZACHARY ROGERS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (TND) — In what must have been a terrible surprise, a north Florida man reportedly says a monstrous alligator exploded out of the water and devoured his beloved pet while they were playing fetch. Josh
Wells tells the Tallahassee Democrat he was with his 40-pound black Labrador Retriever mix, named "Toby," on a nature trail in early June when the attack happened. Toby was reportedly standing in shallow water near the trail when he was grabbed, head first, by the gator. Wells says he and Toby were playing fetch with a tennis ball at the time. Boom, the...
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Man Bitten by Gator He Mistook for Dog, Sarasota Deputies Say
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CLICKORLANDO ^
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A man was bitten by an alligator he thought was a dog Tuesday morning in Sarasota County, deputies told WTSP-TV. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. at Warm Mineral Springs Motel on South Tamiami Trail in North Port, according to a report from the Tampa station. Investigators
said the man was walking outside the motel overnight when he spotted a dark figure that “appeared to look like a dog with a long leash,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson wrote in an email to WTSP-TV. Deputies said the alligator bit the man’s right leg as he tried to escape,
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