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Police shoot gator twice, then realize it's fake
AP via SFGate ^
| 6/2/11
| BILL DRAPER, Associated Press
Posted on 06/02/2011 10:28:48 AM PDT by SmithL
Independence, Mo. (AP) -- Police responding to a rare alligator sighting in suburban Kansas City took quick action to dispatch of the beast, shooting it in the head, as instructed, while it lurked menacingly in the weeds leading down to a pond.
It wasn't until a second rifle shot bounced off the reptile's head that the officers realized they had mortally wounded a concrete lawn ornament.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; latergator; missouri
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To: The Cajun
I’m kind of surprised an entire SWAT team wasn’t called to respond.
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posted on
06/02/2011 11:48:55 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
They would have accidentally driven their Stryker knockoff into the water, then shot the home owner.
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posted on
06/02/2011 11:50:24 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: SmithL
At my last job at the new refinery at Port Aurthur, Texas the first sign you see entering the plant is “ DO NOT FEED OR DISTURB THE ALIGATORS”!
To: Darksheare; Joe 6-pack
They would have accidentally driven their Stryker knockoff into the water, then shot the home owner. ROTFLMAO!!!
There is always some truth in good humor.
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posted on
06/02/2011 11:54:59 AM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun; Joe 6-pack
*shrugs*
They’d probably have at least one injury when someone capped their own leg upon noticing the concrete gator.
The self injury, of course, would then be pawned off on the deceased homeowner.
Sheesh, we could write an entire satire article “Satiracle?” about this scenario.
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posted on
06/02/2011 12:00:55 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Yo-Yo
Should have called in the experts. In my best *Flat* Cajun accent they would have said:
"What the *hellll* you brung us out here *faux*, you dumb bastards"!
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posted on
06/02/2011 12:04:27 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
To: SmithL
This can be easily prevented by giving the cops fake guns.
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posted on
06/02/2011 12:09:39 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: SmithL
This is the same type of mentality that causes swat teams to kill do many people and dogs by mistake each year. Shoot first, investigate later.
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posted on
06/02/2011 12:28:45 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: SmithL
Haha...and it makes the news?
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posted on
06/02/2011 12:59:00 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(No--bama 2012)
To: Fawn
This is typical action for the Florida Wildlife Commission....always shooting animals that pose no danger.
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posted on
06/02/2011 1:01:37 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(No--bama 2012)
To: SmithL
They missed me!
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posted on
06/02/2011 5:49:54 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: SmithL
"They inched up closer and closer..." How would we get by without such brave, brave men?
"...and discovered it was a mock-up of a real alligator made to look like it was real."
You mean a fake?
In the officers' defense, it was growing dark when they shot the fake gator and it was partially submerged in the weeds.
There's a lesson in there for you, Chief Wiggums.
The property owner told police that the gator was meant to keep people off his property, Gentry said. Officers told him a no-trespassing sign would have been wiser.
I see. The cops show up, shoot a fake gator...twice...then start offering advice.
I'd laugh, if I weren't crying.
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posted on
06/03/2011 7:10:44 AM PDT
by
Mr.Unique
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: Mr.Unique
I see. The cops show up, shoot a fake gator...twice...then start offering advice.****************************************
LOL!
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posted on
06/03/2011 7:12:38 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Liberty Valance
We've got a weird cow-fish-lizard-dog thing we need killed.
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posted on
06/03/2011 7:17:08 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
To: Lazamataz
Careful Laz ...
... that's Elsie!
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posted on
06/03/2011 10:09:15 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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