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12-foot gator relocated after visiting Air Force base twice
UPI ^
| May 20, 2024
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 05/21/2024 9:46:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
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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 its new resident Major McDill in honor of the base.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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To: dfwgator; TexasGator; EEGator; alligator; FamiliarFace; Fireone; V_TWIN
Gator ping!............................
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:46:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:47:15 AM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Red Badger
He’s lucky - a buddy of mine had to sign a death warrant on an escaped emu that kept coming onto the taxiway at F.E. Warren AFB when he was SJA there back in the day.
Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:49:05 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
( )
To: Red Badger
Obviously a Chinese spy. They wanted to name him Fang Fang but that one was already taken.
To: Red Badger
Glad they did not dump it in my lake. I already have one that size that cruises by just offshore several times a day. Gators these days!
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:50:10 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:51:20 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Red Badger
Yeah I saw that....thing kept coming back like a dog. Lol!
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:51:53 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:51:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I always wonder why people want to go visit those gator farms in the first place.
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:52:26 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: Red Badger
He looks like he has a small animal stuck in his throat. He forgot to chew before swallowing.
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:53:33 AM PDT
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
To: V_TWIN
“relocated to Gatorama and Crocodile Adventures in Palmdale, a facility located about 155 miles away.”
If it makes it’s way back to McDill from there they might wanna just make it the base mascot. Lol!
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:53:59 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: FamiliarFace
I used to live behind one......................
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:55:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: FamiliarFace
“why people want to go visit those gator farms in the first place”
Because P.T. Barnum was right all along.
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:56:06 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: FamiliarFace
Probably a cat.................He got a furball..............
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:56:16 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:57:38 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
When I worked at HSN (home shopping network) gators were a normal way of life, with them often sighted underneath cars. Gators are usually harmless, until they latch onto your legs or arms or head or your pets.
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:58:47 AM PDT
by
adorno
(CCH)
To: ComputerGuy
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posted on
05/21/2024 9:59:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: FamiliarFace
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posted on
05/21/2024 10:00:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Woah! Much too close for comfort for me!
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posted on
05/21/2024 10:00:31 AM PDT
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FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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