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Mystery alligator found wandering on North Carolina road
UPI ^
| August 7, 2024
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 08/07/2024 12:55:38 PM PDT by Red Badger
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A mystery alligator was found wandering on a road in North Carolina's Rowan County and was relocated to a zoo.
The Rowan County Sheriff's Office said on social media that a deputy traveling on Long Ferry Road about 5 a.m. Sunday spotted an alligator in the road and called the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for assistance.
The alligator was captured safely and taken to a zoo in the eastern part of the state for safekeeping.
The sheriff's office said alligators are not normally found in Rowan County, which is located north of Charlotte in the western part of the state.
"At this time it is not known where the gator came from," the post said.
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I saw an alligator at Camp Lejeune, NC in the 70's......................
To: dfwgator; EEGator; alligator; FamiliarFace; Fireone; V_TWIN; Clay Moore
NC Gator.............Well inland from the coast.............
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posted on
08/07/2024 12:56:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
mystery alligator? Isn’t that what scooby and shaggy used to drive around in?
Meddling Sheriff
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posted on
08/07/2024 12:59:02 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: Red Badger
A mystery alligator was found wandering on a road in North Carolina's Rowan County Guess gators don’t cotten to asking directions.
Then, again, “not all who wander are lost.”
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:02:21 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: Red Badger
Must have hitchhiked...
If it had been traveling on feet, it would have been 8-feet long by the time it got spotted by the deputy...
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:06:00 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: Red Badger
Took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:09:45 PM PDT
by
xoxox
To: Red Badger
At this time it is not known where the gator came from... Well, of course not! It wouldn't be a mystery alligator then, would it? Some people...
To: Red Badger
It's an alligator.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:12:08 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I think women should get out of women's sports before they get hurt.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I remember that stupid game.
My sisters loved it.................
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:14:30 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
I once found a mystery chicken in the woods. Took her home and named her “Mystery.”
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:15:38 PM PDT
by
Rio
To: SuperLuminal
“If it had been traveling on feet, it would have been 8-feet long by the time it got spotted by the deputy...”
Texas Game chased a gator from Texas to Florida. It was 11 feet long in Texas. Every spotting showed his growth. When finally captured in FL he was a full 23 feet!
At least that was what the people posting the photos said.
To: Billthedrill
“Well, of course not! It wouldn’t be a mystery alligator then, would it? Some people...”
Huh?
To: Red Badger
That game came out in 1965 and I have always seen it as a real “cusp” artifact for Baby Boomers. It has a sort of Eisenhower Era feel of nicely dressed young people starting out their lives in a sophisticated social scene for young people. But 1965? Hello 1967! Summer of Love! We’re all hippies here! The “Mystery Date” game seemed to come out at the most awkward possible time in terms of social evolution. It’s not a Mickey Mouse Club crowd anymore — we’re all headed towards Woodstock.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:26:23 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I think women should get out of women's sports before they get hurt.)
To: Red Badger
They’re not marine animals.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:38:10 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:46:57 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Red Badger
It’s probably escaping the heat and humidity of SC.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:48:22 PM PDT
by
MissEdie
(Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
To: MissEdie
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:50:40 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Red Badger
There were heavy summer rains, and the gator went with the flow and ended up inland. They should not have put it in a zoo. They should have released it onboard Lejeune; we have lots of them. They don't bother anyone. Just don't walk your dog along the riverbank. If you do, make sure you are carrying. An elderly couple lost their dog in town along a riverbank. Everyone in the area knew a fair-sized gator was in that location; there were warning signs. What were they thinking?
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:51:05 PM PDT
by
OldGoatCPO
(No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me. )
To: No name given
They can navigate any waterway, and walk a fair distance. They’re moving into Tennessee.
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posted on
08/07/2024 1:52:33 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Red Badger
What do they mean where he come from... he come from the water!
What’s wrong with these people.
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posted on
08/07/2024 2:03:53 PM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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