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11-Foot Gator Eats Burglar
Patch ^ | 12/08/2015 | Sherri Lonon

Posted on 12/08/2015 7:54:55 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Palm Bay, FL – A 22-year-old man reportedly out to burglarize a few homes in Brevard County found out the hard way that crime doesn’t pay.

According to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, a burglary suspect they were actively looking for on Nov. 13 realized deputies were hot on his trail and chose to hide near Barefoot Bay lake. That decision proved fatal.

While hiding near the water, it seems the burglary suspect, identified as Matthew Riggins, ran afoul of an 11-foot alligator. Seeing easy prey, the gator attacked.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 3rdtimesacharm; alligator; burglar; florida; floriduh; latetotheparty; postitagain
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Two important takeaways:

1. Moats work in Florida.

2. The government hates any competition that might hurt their job security.


21 posted on 12/08/2015 8:13:38 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

22 posted on 12/08/2015 8:18:30 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy" 6Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: null and void
Name of Amos Moses...

Set out on 'em Amos.
Make it count, Son!

23 posted on 12/08/2015 8:21:16 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: PATRIOT1876

My favorite Jerry Reed number. LOL!


24 posted on 12/08/2015 8:22:03 AM PST by Let's Roll (So much left-wing thought is playing with fire by those who don't even know fire is hot - Orwell)
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To: Vendome
Cute graphic, but the gator is clearly made out of rubber & Styrofoam.
25 posted on 12/08/2015 8:22:44 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

A gator with a taste for thieves.
Can we relocate that gator to Washington D.C.?
Maybe clone it a few million times.


26 posted on 12/08/2015 8:27:11 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
I'm wondering how these critters would do in a new habitat a little to the west. Here's Ramos in the area I have in mind.


27 posted on 12/08/2015 8:28:03 AM PST by moehoward
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To: Timber Rattler

Was the gator a racist? Or did the gator just do what came naturally?

#GLM


28 posted on 12/08/2015 8:28:44 AM PST by OldBullrider (if yur hurt, rub some dirt on it, and get back to work)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Darwin.


29 posted on 12/08/2015 8:31:24 AM PST by glasseye
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

lol He went to hell before he even died.


30 posted on 12/08/2015 8:31:35 AM PST by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

I hope the gator didn’t get sick!


31 posted on 12/08/2015 8:34:47 AM PST by MortMan (I am offended by those who believe they have a right not to be offended.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

At least he died doing what he loved. And so did Mr. Riggins.


32 posted on 12/08/2015 8:46:41 AM PST by CarolinaPeach
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Sho getta lost in the bayou


33 posted on 12/08/2015 8:46:48 AM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

What a sever case of indigestion the poor Gator must have now.


34 posted on 12/08/2015 8:57:17 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Great way to feed your pet.


35 posted on 12/08/2015 9:00:08 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: PATRIOT1876

Deputy: What will the charges be, Sheriff?

Sheriff: Well, he didn’t actually burgle any houses. But it looks like he tried to steal more alligator than he could swim with.


36 posted on 12/08/2015 9:33:04 AM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: sparklite2

LOL.


37 posted on 12/08/2015 9:34:43 AM PST by Stentor (RIP -- Nicholas Thalasinos. WWHBD.)
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To: OldBullrider

Clearly a Green on White hate crime.


38 posted on 12/08/2015 9:49:57 AM PST by Blogatron (mohammed was a war mongering pedophile rapist who founded a Satanic death cult.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

I Used to live by Barefoot Bay. You would have to be a complete fool to go into a fresh water lake in FL. Most of the Gators you can’t see.


39 posted on 12/08/2015 10:37:48 AM PST by MAKOTHEDOG
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Someone should post a Wilhelm Scream.

It’s the sound of a man being attacked by an gator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

https://youtu.be/cdbYsoEasio


40 posted on 12/08/2015 1:13:23 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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