Posted on 05/14/2006 11:25:23 AM PDT by Rebelbase
Excerpted: SUNRISE, Fla. — Wildlife officers captured an alligator Saturday they believe was responsible for fatally attacking a woman while she was out jogging.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
One of a few 'worst nightmare' scenarios. She could not have imagined going like this. . .
OTOh; wondering what she was thinking.. .that alligators were not in this area (?). . .probably just starting to give it some thought; when it was to late.
Horrible for sure. . .
Only when we're surrounded by people wearing green or red.
Go Blue!
Poor woman. Has PETA been contacted about the execution of the gator? I worry.
It's not the gator.
"Two human arms were found in the gator's stomach but haven't been confirmed as those belonging to the Jimenez"
Is this the OJ jury investigating this case?
otoh, that gator's family will have a heck of a lawsuit if they killed the wrong gator.
What the FWCC SpokesPerson didn't tell the public is WHY the gators are attacking people. There are a few core reasons for such attacks and they are mostly BAAAAAD management decisions. But those decisions did grow the FWCC as an agency. To bad such decisions caused people to be killed, but "Agency Uber Alles" rules here in Florida.
Reason 1:
The FWCC has insisted on keeping alligators as a "species of special concern". This means that you can't just shoot an alligator that you feel is a threat to you. You must call the FWCC and they will eventually, possibly, do something. Think 'Call 911 - and die'.
But you are calling someone in a green uniform, not blue. Chances are, the "responder" will be green in orientation, too. Their basic faulty premise is that the gator has rights, that gators are soooo intrinsically valuable, and co-equal to us, that we must be very careful before allowing the nice AuthorityPerson to kill a "nuisance gator".
Note that they are not called "dangerous predators".
Reason 2: The citizen's Unalienable Right to defend one's life was destroyed by draconian game laws passed and enforced by the FWCC. The citizen not only risks felony level prison sentences and huge fines, the FWCC's confiscation powers allow them to take vehicles, etc.
The citizen's Unalienable Right to defense is also removed by the ban on carrying firearms on state lands, like canal banks, parks, etc. Please ermember that the model was jogging along a canal bank, but was not armed.
She was rendered mere meat on the table, oops, make that meat on the hoof (Nikes?), for an alligator thanks to the FWCC's refusal to allow the citizens their Second Amendment Right "to keep and bear their private arms".
Reason 3: The FWCC has become the unregulated statewide UberCop, a sort of green storm trooper.
They can break into your home if they think you have violated a game law. Caught and filleted the frong fish? Could be you are now a felon - in which case, prepare to have your door kicked in, your house trashed during the "search for evidence" and then have your bank account frozen, your vehicles confiscated, and your home seized.
All are now "legal", possible, and have happened in Florida.
Welcome to FloriDUH, where the laws and attitudes of the late, unlamented Third Reich are alive and on the law books.
The FWCC runs around Florida in vehicles with "State Wide Law Enforcement" written all over them. There is a message there.
Make sure this does not happen to you in your state. My old colleagues in GangGreen ARE planning this for the rest of America.
If she was native Floridian, I would assume she knew about gators in the canals...but, perhaps there wasn't one seen near there for a while. I guess someone has to get attacked like this ocassionally for people to use caution.
"They found her arms in the gator's stomach."
I just heard that ANOTHER woman was found dead in a pond, without her arms. (Fox news radio)
Also Gators taste good. Gator tail is a barbecue goodie.
If there are so many of them around, why do gator tails cost so much?
Someone should start feeding the gators Trebled hook Tbones.
"Broward County Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper said he thinks the gator attacked Jimenez and dragged her into the canal but killed her before she drowned."
Either Dr. Perper was misquoted, or he has decided to perpetrate(couldn't resist the pun) more GangGreen 'bafflegab' upon the public.
Those dead before entering the water were not drowned - matter of definition.
I do hope that Dr. Perper was misquoted. Otherwise FloriDUH may be brewing it's own variety of medical examiner ala Clinton's Arkansas "Medical Examiner" - which is to say, a rubber stamp to cover up dirty deeds. Oops - make that "dirty deaths".
I agree.Summers were idylic.Swimming in the lakes,hunting for snakes in the creeks and canals.....In all those yrs i saw lots of gators,but i never had a problem.Unfortunately one friend was attacked when he got a little too close to a females nest.Lost most of his calf muscle but survived.Now another person has been killed?Fox News just said it's gator mating season.That could explain the agression.Another factor may be that there are just too many gators for the available food supply.A controled harvest sounds in order.Gator tail anyone?
That should be "wrong" not "frong" fish and I actually do know "too" from "to". I just don't always remember SPELL before POST. Sorry.
"It's not the gator."
The thought of a copycat dismemberment and disposal crossed my mind.
I thought one of the reports said that she had been seen dangling her feet in the water?
One time, DH and I were visiting a son at his college in Fla. The campus had a swamp with great waterfowl AND alligators. You could see the gators swimming along with their snouts above the water. Being a birdwatcher, I was in heaven. A groundskeeper saw me with my binoculars on a grassy area. He said if I really wanted a good look at the birds to go around to the back of the swamp. He took me to a secluded area (?smart me?) where there were fallen trees, mushy ground and a great close view of the swamp. When I asked about the alligators, he said that they had removed all the ones over 12 feet. Then his shift was over, he wished me good birding and left. It was a perfect birding spot! But as I'm stepping over ?logs? and watching for anything long and moving, it all of a sudden dawned on me that NO ONE knew I was there and that the groundskeeper was off duty! No 12 footers, but isn't a smaller one dangerous, too? So I carefully and slowly got out of there! I never saw any gators, except swimming in the water, but looking back I thought of what a stupid thing I had done!
Feeding them some 22's between the eye's about 1 to 1 1/2 inches high will sort of put them off their feed.
I drove by the area today on the way to visit mommy. The area is about 30 feet away from a major highway (I-595) right off of SR84. A canal runs paralell to these streets. It looks quite harmless, people run little boats and fish there all the time. Unlike some local canals, this one is trimmed well so you might think you could see any gators in the area and stay away. But I guess not.
I dont really blame the woman, but having said that, I wouldn't be jogging there myself. I stay away from open water, as a longtime Florida resident who has heard 1 too many stories.
The attack must have been horrific, I feel so bad for her, and her family.
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