Posted on 12/08/2015 3:54:47 PM PST by Islander7
A suspected burglar jumped in a Florida lake apparently hiding from law enforcement before an 11-foot alligator killed him, investigators said Monday. His hand and foot reportedly turned up inside the animal's stomach.
Brevard County Sheriff's Maj. Tod Goodyear says 22-year-old Matthew Riggins told his girlfriend he would be in Barefoot Bay to commit burglaries with another suspect. Authorities received calls Nov. 13 about two suspicious men in black walking behind homes and investigated. Riggins was reported missing the next day.
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Why not, the alligator did...
Doh!
Didja know D’oh didn’t originate with Homer Simpson,
although the widespread use of it did get D’oh finally
into the dictionary?
No, D’oh began in the UK on a radio show during WWII called ITMA. ITMA stood for It’s That Man Again, in reference to Hitler. One of the radio characters, on a plan of hers being foiled, would walk away saying, “D’oh!”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/stars/tommy_handley/itma.shtml
Gator was just having a midnight snack.
The thing about death by gator is that you know exactly what is happening and what has got you. Pretty chilling. God help him.
He was trying to steal expensive stuff
to show that he had good taste. But,
sorry Charlie. Alligators don’t want
burglars with good taste. They want
burglars that TASTE GOOD!
Gator deserved a Nobel Prize, it did a lot more good than Obama ever will.
Amazingly horrible last few minutes on earth.
I wonder if he was a Florida native or if he was sent down here to live with his grandparents/relatives ?
Not a good way to die.
But at least some innocent citizen wasn’t forced to shoot him to defend them self against him.
After the alligator was euthanized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, forensic investigators found the burglary suspect's hand and foot inside the reptile's stomach, officials said.
It was determined that Riggins drowned as a result of the attack by the alligator.
'He hid in the wrong place,' Laura Farris, a Barefoot Bay resident told Bay News 9."
By Space Coast Daily
May 18, 2014
Alleged car theft suspect, Calvin Rodriguez, was arrested this week in Port St. Lucie thanks in part to an alligator.
Suspect hit alligator crossing the road
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA - The Port St. Lucie Police Department got an unexpected assist from a Port St. Lucie reptile resident last week as police apprehended suspected car thief Calvin Rodriguez.
"It's pretty unimaginable that police officers would be at that point in time looking for these suspects and that an alligator unfortunately just happens to cross the road and assist us in catching these criminals," said Det. Keith Boham.
According to the police report, Rodriguez is responsible for stealing at least five cars which were parked in area supermarket parking lots.
The police also said, Rodriguez was using 'shaved keys' which could open car doors and start Acura and Honda vehicles.
Rodriguez is facing five counts of Grand Theft Auto. The alligators condition is unknown at this time.
http://spacecoastdaily.com/2014/05/alligator-helps-st-lucie-cops-take-bite-out-of-crime/
Mm!Mm! The other white meat!
I guess the gator thought he was good... enough to eat.
A definite Darwin Award player.
Now, Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by his self in the swamp
He hunted alligator for livin’
He just knocked ‘em in the head with a stump
Louisiana law gonna get you Amos
It ain’t legal huntin’ alligators down in the swamp boy
Now, everybody blamed his old man
For makin’ him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy’d use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
Now, Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by his self in the swamp
He hunted alligator for livin’
He just knocked ‘em in the head with a stump
Louisiana law gonna get you Amos
It ain’t legal huntin’ alligators down in the swamp boy
Now, everybody blamed his old man
For makin’ him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy’d use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
Pogo? Is that you?
= :^)
HaHa! Amos Moses he wasn’t.
Dang it, late again!
Now that’s a story with a happy ending.
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