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'Burglar' eaten by alligator as he hid from police
The Telegraph ^ | 12-08-2015 | Adam Boult

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alligator
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To: NRx

That’s a shame...


41 posted on 12/08/2015 7:53:53 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: ClearCase_guy

>> 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.


42 posted on 12/08/2015 8:02:39 PM PST by QBFimi (/...o.o/.o...ooo/...o.o...o/ooo/...o.o/.o/ooo.//o..o./. o.)
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To: NRx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ4sEXiRP4k


43 posted on 12/08/2015 8:03:03 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

>> Polk salad

Boy, you bees livin’ in the cold country too long - it’s “Poke” salad - as in pokeweed.


44 posted on 12/08/2015 8:06:49 PM PST by QBFimi (/...o.o/.o...ooo/...o.o...o/ooo/...o.o/.o/ooo.//o..o./. o.)
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To: QBFimi

I searched for it as Poke, but it came up Polk.


45 posted on 12/08/2015 8:11:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("We are not a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of citizens." -- Mark Levin)
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To: QBFimi

PS - Gators got your granny.


46 posted on 12/08/2015 8:12:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("We are not a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of citizens." -- Mark Levin)
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To: NRx

One gator said to the other, “Humans. Taste like chicken”


47 posted on 12/08/2015 8:14:08 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back - Donald Trump)
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To: NRx

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.


48 posted on 12/08/2015 8:16:27 PM PST by doug from upland (Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been as bad or worse.)
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To: golux

ROFLMAO.....on a full belly.


49 posted on 12/08/2015 8:32:54 PM PST by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: golux

“I’m just devastated... The last thing he said to me was ‘see you later’ - ALLIGATOR!


50 posted on 12/08/2015 8:59:15 PM PST by petenmi
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To: proust


51 posted on 12/08/2015 9:03:37 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: Heart-Rest

I have some Crocs but found that they are useless for kicking vicious dogs.


52 posted on 12/08/2015 9:16:24 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

#blacklivesmatter


53 posted on 12/08/2015 9:17:16 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: spodefly

Then they kill the gator for doing what gators do.#Gatorlivesmatter#


54 posted on 12/08/2015 9:24:10 PM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Smittie

#blacklivesburp


55 posted on 12/08/2015 9:30:22 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: spodefly

“It’s what’s for dinner”.


56 posted on 12/08/2015 10:12:14 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: proust

One of the comments from the Drudge link called it Karmagator.


57 posted on 12/09/2015 1:49:56 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: NRx

Justice...only bad thing is they euthanized the gator....should have placed him in a zoo with lifetime care!!!


58 posted on 12/09/2015 6:02:45 AM PST by ontap
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