[Stoat]

Please be advised that the photos at the Local 6 site are of such poor quality and feature such a dearth of detail that I didn't think them worthy of re-posting here.....all you can see is a very distant tail and perhaps a poor outline of a head, but that's about it.

The video at that page is not much better, although it does mention a resident characterizing one of the lizards as being six feet in length, something not included in the text of the story.

More on Monitor Lizards:

Monitor lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice video here, more informative than the one at Local 6

Monitor Lizard - Video - MSN Encarta

[American Quilter]

(shudder) Guns. Big guns. With poisoned bullets.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[mtbopfuyn]

Simple solution - SSS.

[ConservativeMind]

Is it generally legal to kill such things in town?

[Lazamataz]

Large Lizard Spotted In Tree

I wondered where I had put my johnson.

'Twas in a tree.

[Stoat]

Florida Ping

[Bringbackthedraft]

We got inguanas running all over the place in Cape Haze and Gasparella Is. FL but they aren’t 4-6’ long. Thousands! They are not a native species. I’m afraid to think what else is around, we also have exotic Amazon River fish in the canals. People buy exotic pets and then they release them when they tire of taking care of them.

[Old Sarge]

I wouldl call this one either a personal injury lawyer, or a marketroid.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Holy moley.

That looks like a Komodo Dragon.

Yikes.

[FReepapalooza]

Yikes!!!!!

[proudofthesouth]

Now you know why your cats have been disappearing! ;^}

[RightWhale]

Why do they nervously look up into trees? Do the lizards drop out of trees onto your head like panthers? could be worse: the lizards could be on fire.

[Daffynition]

Lock your doors, the lizards are attacking! Everyone PANIC! ;-D

[Daffynition]

**Phew** Everyone can breathe easy ...he's been caught!

Monitor Lizard Captured After Roaming Town For Months

EDGEWOOD, Fla. -- A monitor lizard, suspected of killing small pets in an Orange County community, was finally caught Thursday. The exotic reptile has been roaming the town of Edgewood for nearly a year.

It was a big catch for the neighborhood, who said they're tired of the lizards and it was all done with a pet dog and squeegee.

With his long tail and creepy eyes, the almost 4-foot long monitor lizard was caught. Edgewood resident Michael Lowe gives thanks to his dog Maggie. With Maggie and a squeegee, Lowe's son was able to corner the reptile until a pest control company was able to come and capture it.

"Their teeth are really sharp and they have nasty bacteria and they will whip you with their tail and they can actually lay your skin over," said Brett McCollough, Custom Pet Solutions.

For almost a year, people in the Edgewood area neighborhood said the reptile, along with its friends, have terrorized them. Two have been killed.

McCollough said it's dangerous for monitor lizards to be in a neighborhood, especially when they're hungry.

"There have been some smaller animals that have been missing and parts have been found," he said.

MccCllough wanted to set more traps, since some neighbors believe there are more lizards lurking around, but Edgewood Police Chief John Tegg told him not to since there's no evidence of more.

Lowe said he's okay with the chief's decision.

The police chief said the monitor lizard is heading far away from his community, to Tampa where a researcher will study the reptile.

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