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Wild video shows 10-foot-long alligator strutting through upscale Fla. community
NY Post ^ | 03/22/2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 03/22/2023 11:51:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Jaw-dropping video captured a ginormous alligator sauntering through an upscale Florida community to the horror of residents.

WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt posted footage on Facebook of the “big boy” waddling across the road at the Forest Glen Golf & Country Club in Naples late last week.

“Dios mio!” a woman is heard saying in Spanish – meaning “My God!”

“Is it really here? It’s gigantic!” another woman cries out about the 10-foot-long roving reptile that turned the neighborhood into a scene out of “Jurassic Park.”

The scaly jaywalker, which apparently arrived from a nearby river, took all the attention in stride as it straddled the manicured lawns of the gated community.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alligator; flordia; video; wild
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What do you even do if its coming after you?
1 posted on 03/22/2023 11:51:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jumanji


2 posted on 03/22/2023 11:54:35 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Climb a tree if one’s available.

Run zigzag....alligators can’t, and can’t run for long distances either.

If all else fails .45........because they don’t make a .46


3 posted on 03/22/2023 11:55:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You cut to the left or to the right and continue running in a zig-zag pattern. Gators are so low to the ground and their legs are so short when they are on land they walk/run in straight lines.


4 posted on 03/22/2023 11:55:30 AM PDT by MissEdie (Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

>What do you even do if its coming after you?

.454 Casull for the reptile.


5 posted on 03/22/2023 11:56:22 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He invested in real estate when it was down in Florida.


6 posted on 03/22/2023 11:56:24 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: V_TWIN

>because they don’t make a .46

See post 5 :)

.500 S&W mag is appropriate too.


7 posted on 03/22/2023 11:58:21 AM PDT by fretzer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Meh. Pretty common in FLA. If there’s water, there could be gators. Lakes, streams, ocean inlets, swimming pools, hot tubs.


8 posted on 03/22/2023 12:00:15 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

since an alligator can outrun a horse, you will probably dies.

Those people stand and watching in the background could be run down by this alligator.


9 posted on 03/22/2023 12:03:12 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: V_TWIN

Also if you roll them over and rub their belly they instantly fall asleep.


10 posted on 03/22/2023 12:05:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sounds like some one has never been to Florida.


11 posted on 03/22/2023 12:06:03 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: fretzer

Except in Louisiana, there a .22Lr is enough...” choot em”.


12 posted on 03/22/2023 12:06:08 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: dirtymac; Red Badger

“since an alligator can outrun a horse”

Say what????

Lived in Fla since 1969.....first time I ever heard that tale. Lol!


13 posted on 03/22/2023 12:07:23 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

They can.


14 posted on 03/22/2023 12:08:52 PM PDT by sport
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To: V_TWIN

Alligators can run up to 20 miles per hour, even reaching 30 miles per hour in short bursts over a short distance...........


15 posted on 03/22/2023 12:09:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DesertRhino

I’m not familiar with alligator physiology but there’s probably a soft spot or two that a .22lr could get through. Rattle around in the skull for awhile.

Kinda like liberals, I just wish they would leave me alone.


16 posted on 03/22/2023 12:10:14 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: DesertRhino

I thought that was sharks.......in any event, your gonna have to show me how ta do that. 😏


17 posted on 03/22/2023 12:10:46 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trip your buddy.

Shoot him(your buddy) in the leg.


18 posted on 03/22/2023 12:11:43 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: fretzer

Yeah...right behind the eye. .17 HMR or .22 WMR. supposed to be better


19 posted on 03/22/2023 12:11:47 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: sport

This says no

https://www.facebook.com/WPTV5/videos/fact-or-fictionan-alligator-can-outrun-a-horse-click-see-more-for-the-answer-the/210102517324468/


20 posted on 03/22/2023 12:12:10 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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