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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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To: ChicagoConservative27

Feed it 2 tablets of fentanyl.


21 posted on 03/22/2023 12:12:54 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: V_TWIN

Actually they do.

https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/handguns/handguns/c/cat-460-sw-revolvers


22 posted on 03/22/2023 12:13:27 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: fretzer

CHOOT! CHOOT!

Just wrap DUCT tape around their mouth. Two or three wraps and they are harmless. Except that tail can break your leg.


23 posted on 03/22/2023 12:13:31 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger

Usually for a couple of body lengths, to get back to water. Generally, they’re ambush hunters, and don’t pursue things very far.


24 posted on 03/22/2023 12:13:45 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A friend posted this on her FB page this morning. It is a couple miles from their condo in Naples.


25 posted on 03/22/2023 12:15:00 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: V_TWIN

Oh, I wouldn’t dare. The flipping them over and pinning them down is the dicey part... exceedingly dangerous. Even more dangerous than meeting chicks in bars.


26 posted on 03/22/2023 12:15:05 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: woodbutcher1963

>Just wrap DUCT tape around their mouth.

You first :)


27 posted on 03/22/2023 12:15:54 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Its more common than you think. I’m from FL originally and you never jump into a swimming pool without taking a look first. 😏


28 posted on 03/22/2023 12:16:50 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: V_TWIN
What about an .88 Magnum?


29 posted on 03/22/2023 12:18:05 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Looking at Google earth, this area appears to be located next to marshland and “parkland” which would appear suited for many alligators.


30 posted on 03/22/2023 12:19:18 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dutch Boy

It shoots through schools.


31 posted on 03/22/2023 12:19:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How does anyone in Florida allow their young children to play outside? Does everyone fence in their yards with 12ft high chain link fence?


32 posted on 03/22/2023 12:21:06 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: Dutch Boy

IT SHOOTS THROUGH SCHOOLS 😁


33 posted on 03/22/2023 12:22:08 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
What do you even do if its coming after you?

Aim for the eyes.

34 posted on 03/22/2023 12:22:51 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: CFW
Does everyone fence in their yards with 12ft high chain link fence?

Doesn't help with the coral snakes or cottonmouths

35 posted on 03/22/2023 12:23:01 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dfwgator

My grandmother shot through a school once. ONCE!


36 posted on 03/22/2023 12:25:15 PM PDT by bwest
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To: Dutch Boy

Can Al borrow a cup of bullets?


37 posted on 03/22/2023 12:26:20 PM PDT by bwest
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To: CFW

It’s a dangerous place...aside from alligators, you got hurricanes, sink holes, water moccasins and Florida is the lightning capitol of the US.......I wouldn’t recommend anyone consider coming here.....much less moving here permanently.

Bad juju 👎


38 posted on 03/22/2023 12:26:28 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: All

And I thought it was bad when I’d run across a couple of mean turkeys


39 posted on 03/22/2023 12:46:53 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: V_TWIN

I live in Florida’s most dangerous county for lightning.

If you’re facing the right direction, it can provide hours of fascination...

Not far from me, gators can be seen lined up—sunbathing.

‘Course, this is bracketed by four signs on the highway saying, “Bear Crossing”...!


40 posted on 03/22/2023 12:50:07 PM PDT by Does so (................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency)
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