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Florida deputy fatally shoots alligator who chased teen girl up tree
Fox News ^ | July 2, 2018 | Nicole Darrah | Fox News

Posted on 07/02/2018 9:00:42 PM PDT by Innovative

A Florida deputy was able to rescue a teenage girl who had been cornered in a tree by a large alligator by shooting it with an AR-15 rifle.

Jordan Broderick, 15, was stuck in a tree in Lake County for nearly an hour on Friday afternoon because a 10-foot alligator sat on the ground below, hissing at her, the Sun-Sentinel reported, citing a sheriff's office report. Deputy Mitch Blackmon responded to the scene, where he found the teen — who had been swimming in a creek in Ocala National Forest — yelling that she was tired from hanging onto a tree branch for so long.

Blackmon wrote in his report that his "presence failed to scare the alligator away, and it began encroaching on my area at which time I fired one single 223 round from my Bushmaster AR15 killing the alligator." "My daughter's stuck in a frickin' tree and there's gators surrounding her!" Broderick's mother reportedly told a 911 dispatcher. "Oh my God! Please hurry! Please hurry!"

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: alligator; alligatorlivesmatter; amosmoses; banglist
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To: Vendome

Oh yeah


21 posted on 07/02/2018 10:13:30 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Innovative

He dindu nothin’. He was turning his life around. Going to alligator college. NO JUSTICE NO PEACE. JAWS UP DON’T SHOOT.


22 posted on 07/02/2018 10:18:11 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Was it an alligator of color? If so, you know what to expect!

I didn't hear that it was a white alligator, so maybe it was.

23 posted on 07/02/2018 10:37:06 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Innovative

https://youtu.be/Ch1UQ47rWKU
“See you later, alligator”


24 posted on 07/02/2018 10:44:36 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: cherry; Governor Dinwiddie; American in Israel; Innovative
The tree overhung a creek in a swimming area near Alligator Springs. The teen was on a raft when the gator approached her. She said climbing up the tree was her only means to safety once the gator began to get near her.

Appropriate name?

25 posted on 07/02/2018 11:21:28 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: BBell
"a swimming area" named Alligator Springs. Uhh, OK!

Probably some New York architect was designing the community and came up with that one …

26 posted on 07/02/2018 11:33:52 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Innovative

That’s a fun report to read. I don’t know if the girl should have been in that environment or not, but I’m glad she was nimble enough to get up in a tree.


27 posted on 07/02/2018 11:36:54 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

More than likely. Damn Northern Monkeys.


28 posted on 07/02/2018 11:40:06 PM PDT by BBell (Ich bin Ein Wenig Teekanne ):>()
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To: BBell

Gators are edible. So why is this hunk a meat trying to eat children? Jeez, people don’t know how to kill it and grill it. Heck a shot from the officers duty pistol would have done the job. Sounds pretty lame to me. My wife would call animal waste control and tell them to come pick up this crap in my yard. Then ask them if they want a sandwich “taste like chicken”. She would use an AR 12 ga. Try to tree our kids or grandkids oh and pay up your funeral expenses. Have a nice day!


29 posted on 07/02/2018 11:42:46 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Alligator Lives Matter!


30 posted on 07/02/2018 11:47:56 PM PDT by John Locke
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To: iowamark

“Creepy alligator comin’ all around the bend/ talkin’ ‘bout the time when we was mutual friends’’. “Alligator’’/ The Grateful Dead/ Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter.


31 posted on 07/02/2018 11:55:53 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: Innovative

I hope she gets a free handbag out of this for her troubles.


32 posted on 07/03/2018 12:02:45 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Beowulf9

#13. The reason we call crocodiles “crocs” is because they remind us of Democrats - slimy, hide seeking to prey on the innocent, are part of the GREEN movement, and are a croc of shit.


33 posted on 07/03/2018 12:05:29 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: xrmusn
I though AR15s were only good for mass shootings.

ASSAULT RIFLE!!! OMG NOW THE SHERIFF HAS THEM!!! Run Chicken Little RUN!!

< marlin perkins voice >And we now go to Commercial while Jim wrestles an Anaconda in the Phone Booth! < /marlin perkins voice >

34 posted on 07/03/2018 12:49:25 AM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: cherry

Me


35 posted on 07/03/2018 12:50:46 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hanged not hung.)
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To: Innovative

Wasn’t someone killed in Lee or Sarasota county last week?

A woman too


36 posted on 07/03/2018 12:52:13 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hanged not hung.)
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To: GnuThere

We just shove them away with the paddle.

Cajuns are crazier:

https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Louisiana-gender-reveal-alligator-video-photos-12787742.php


37 posted on 07/03/2018 1:43:56 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Innovative

https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/golf/pga-tour-golfer-john-peterson-shoves-alligator-with-bunker-rake-at-zurich-classic-in-louisiana/news-story/445c9c9731cf7897ff3cb922afdb2e23


38 posted on 07/03/2018 1:45:48 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Innovative

Bitten Girl Shoves Fingers Up Gator’s Nose to Break Free

http://time.com/4772904/moss-park-alligator-attack-girl-florida/


39 posted on 07/03/2018 1:53:22 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

#GreenLivesMatter


40 posted on 07/03/2018 2:36:00 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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