[Dan from Michigan]

Wouldn't want to get bit by that thing!

[Dan from Michigan]

BTW - Source is AP

[Prime Choice]

Hardwick said the reptile likely grew fat on carcasses of animals tossed into the creek as religious sacrifices.

Yet another side effect of the idiocy of "respecting diversity"...

[traumer]

"around the corner from the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, a court house, a county jail and government office buildings..."

What food did he get ?

[no_mm]

does gator taste like... CHICKEN???? [BP~~

[GSlob]

Wait... has it voted?

[Stoat]

12-Foot Gator Captured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[thegreatbeast]

That doesn't look like 12 feet of aligator. I don't mean to say it doesn't command much resspect but it isn't just THAT large.

[Tall_Texan]

Was he spotted at the Peach Bowl? Probably a nose tackle.

[dawn53]

We live on a golf course in the Tampa Bay area.
A few years ago, after the carcass of a dog was seen floating in the water hazard (small lake) on the fairway in front of our hosue, they trapped a gator (we have lots of gators in these lakes but they only trap them if they become a nuisance, i.e. kill a dog, charge at a golfer, etc.)

Anyway, it was 10 ft, 6 in. long. The trappers didn't seem to think that was particularly big. I know we have 13 footers in the lake near us, it is adjacent to a park and they bask on the bank many times. The rangers in the park say that they encounter many 12 and 13 foot gators on a regular basis.

Perhaps the fact that this was in an urban setting, and not suburbia, made it of interest.

[Caipirabob]

This is getting insane. We need to open season on alligators throughout Florida. They are an unacceptable hazard to children and elderly. I'm completely serious.

I like them far better as an endangered species.

SHOOT. SHOVEL. SHUTUP...

[dennisw]

"They farm-raised this big boy on Santeria and voodoo," Hardwick said.