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Alligator Threatening People Shot & Killed By Daytona Beach Sergeant
NewsDaytonaBeach.com ^ | June 8, 2013 | staff reporter

Posted on 06/07/2013 10:12:36 PM PDT by Daffynition

Daytona Beach, FL - A large alligator was shot and killed by a Daytona Beach police officer after it allegedly made threatening moves against nearby residents.

In his monthly “Ask The Chief” appearance on WNDB’s Marc Bernier program, Daytona Beach police chief Mike Chitwood says the incident started around 12:43pm Friday at a retention pond on the 1000 block of George W. Engram Boulevard.

“There’s a woman who said that her kids had been going in through the hole in the fence and feeding the gator and poking it with a stick,” Chitwood told Bernier.

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Choot 'em Elizabeth.
1 posted on 06/07/2013 10:12:36 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Who’s eating it? A large alligator is a lot of groceries.


2 posted on 06/07/2013 10:18:34 PM PDT by One Name (Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
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To: Daffynition

Seems like the “children” were threatening the gator first.


3 posted on 06/07/2013 10:18:43 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Daffynition

Boots!

Wallet!

Belt!


4 posted on 06/07/2013 10:20:53 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Daffynition

Dumb kids ... Should be advised that alligators feed on small animals near shorelines.


5 posted on 06/07/2013 10:21:39 PM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Daffynition

As Darwin would have said, those kids came close to being selected against.


6 posted on 06/07/2013 10:27:58 PM PDT by Nachoman (Wisdom is learned, cynicism is earned.)
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To: Daffynition

I have a biker cousin who had a pet alligator in his basement. Shortly after his long time girlfriend left him his alligator died so he buried it at night in his backyard. His neighbor saw him burying something big at night and didn’t see the girlfriend so he called the police. The police made my cousin dig-up the alligator to show them what he had buried.


7 posted on 06/07/2013 11:11:40 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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"It's a automatic forfeit", yelled someone from a group of volleyball players gathered by the bank at the Siesta Bay RV Resort in Fort Myers as they watched a large alligator biting and holding onto a volleyball that accidentally went into the water. "Apparently, he took a bite more than he could handle," said Frank Bartram, one of the volleyball players. The alligator eventually swam away with its leather prey. [Apr 21, 1999]

8 posted on 06/07/2013 11:30:54 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: Vendome

9 posted on 06/07/2013 11:32:01 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: OldNavyVet
Where are the parents? Oops, I forgot...it's up to the schools to teach this.


10 posted on 06/07/2013 11:34:37 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: Nachoman

11 posted on 06/07/2013 11:36:19 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Goodness. I dislike busybodies.


12 posted on 06/07/2013 11:39:05 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: One Name

13 posted on 06/07/2013 11:41:26 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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Was the Gator an IRS employee?


14 posted on 06/07/2013 11:43:03 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The Democrat Party, making Treason mainstream for over fifty years...)
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To: Kickass Conservative

I don’t know.

Was I supposed to know?

I didn’t know, I didn’t know.


15 posted on 06/07/2013 11:47:28 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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To: Daffynition

Who won ?


16 posted on 06/07/2013 11:48:30 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Daffynition

Yeah, to quote a great American Politician (cough - cough), “what difference does it make?”


17 posted on 06/07/2013 11:50:03 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The Democrat Party, making Treason mainstream for over fifty years...)
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To: Vendome

Obscure "V" reference

18 posted on 06/07/2013 11:51:33 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Daffynition

So that’s where Ridley Scott got the idea of the Alien “snake” attacking the idiot scientist in Prometheus.


19 posted on 06/07/2013 11:52:35 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The Democrat Party, making Treason mainstream for over fifty years...)
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To: Daffynition

First off, a Daytona Beach Sergeant- is a funny bunch of stuff, at the least. I can’t quit laughin’. Anyhow, good to see ya, Daffynition.


20 posted on 06/08/2013 12:02:42 AM PDT by RedHeeler
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