Posted on 05/16/2014 5:07:25 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
A suspected auto thief was captured after the stolen car he was driving struck an alligator as the animal was crossing a Florida road, police report.
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Thwarted by the scales of justice.
Darn.
I was hoping for a happy ending and a well fed gator.
This song immediately came to mind...”There’s a gator in the bushes, he’s callin’ my name.”
Who knows it?
Could have been worse. Might have hit a Caterpillar.
It Moved.
Joisy Girl locked me out of the Jeep and crawled as far under the dashboard as possible.
I couldn't get to her with the whacking stick, thought I was gonna have to bust a window.
Sounds like you were wacking the wrong beast. ;-)
At least the gator was paying attention.
Must have been an investi- Gator.
And a saying come on boy, you better make it back home again.
Love that song. :-)
We have a winner! :)
I got to see them live twice, very under-rated guitar band IMO. Now I’ve got the greatest hits playing on my PC...nice way to start a Friday.
Oh no….he’s in big trouble now.
Hope the gator’s OK.
Rodriguez? Meh!
I bought that album when it came out in 1978.
It’s still one of my favorites!
They must have put on a great show. I am envious.
I did get to see ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd together not that long ago. Two excellent bands as well.
:-)
I never got to see ZZ or Skynyrd. Actually .38 Special is my favorite of the southern rock bands, but there are a lot of good ones.
Hope the driver was a Florida State fan.
Nature’s original Spike Strip ?
Never, EVER!, take a rice burner to an alligator wreck.
;-)
Jokes aside, that thief is lucky he is still alive. I hit a 9’5” gator at a mere 45 mph in a Range Rover. That scaly refugee from a BBQ grill bent the steering linkage and knocked off the right rear bumper end piece - interesting as he came from the left at a flat out run as I drove past.
While the RR suspension/tire combination resulted in just a mild bump and a loud thump, had I been in a small rice burner car, the results could have been far different.
Too bad the gator didn’t get to have a taste of car thief.
Alligators.....nature’s spike strips.
lol
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