Posted on 12/08/2015 6:55:05 PM PST by NRx
A burglary suspect has been attacked and killed by an 11-foot alligator while trying to escape from police officers.
The remains of 22-year-old Matthew Riggins, a resident of Palm Bay, Florida, were found in a lake in Barefoot Bay on November 23, ten days after he was reported missing.
On the evening of November 10 local residents in Barefoot Bay had called the police to report two men dressed in black who'd been acting suspiciously behind their homes.
Police launched a search with a helicopter and a K9 unit and, according to deputies, Riggins called his girlfriend on the phone to tell her he and an accomplice were being chased by authorities.
Police believe Riggins then jumped over a fence to hide in a lake - at which point he encountered the alligator.
"He probably went into the lake to hide from the officers and the dog, and came across that gator," said Major Tod Goodyear of Brevard County Sheriff's Office. "To hide somewhere to try and get away, and then meeting up with an animal like that, no, I've never had that happen before."
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That’s a shame...
>> Now Amos Moses was a Cajun.
He lived by his se’f in the swamp.
He hunted alligator for livin.
He just knock ‘em in the head with a stump.
Seems as if young Mr. Riggins forgot his stump on the day in question.
>> Polk salad
Boy, you bees livin’ in the cold country too long - it’s “Poke” salad - as in pokeweed.
I searched for it as Poke, but it came up Polk.
PS - Gators got your granny.
One gator said to the other, “Humans. Taste like chicken”
He was a total scumbag, but didn’t deserve death. He deserved imprisonment. Okay, maybe the gator could have taken a hand and foot and he would have learned a lesson.
ROFLMAO.....on a full belly.
“I’m just devastated... The last thing he said to me was ‘see you later’ - ALLIGATOR!
I have some Crocs but found that they are useless for kicking vicious dogs.
#blacklivesmatter
Then they kill the gator for doing what gators do.#Gatorlivesmatter#
#blacklivesburp
“It’s what’s for dinner”.
One of the comments from the Drudge link called it Karmagator.
Justice...only bad thing is they euthanized the gator....should have placed him in a zoo with lifetime care!!!
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