Wave Of Huge Alligators Wreaking Havoc Across Southern States

denver.cbslocal.com ^ | 5/1/2018 | Unk

[rktman]

Alligator sightings are a common thing if you live in the south, but a wave of the monstrous creatures made their presence felt over the final weekend in April. Several residents in Florida and Texas were sent into a panic as large gators stopped traffic, invaded porches, and even approached a Target store over the weekend.

The alligator invasion started in Florida on April 28, when an “aggressive” 11-foot reptile made its way onto the front porch of home in The Villages near Orlando. “The minute that it seen a person it immediately, you now, started to hiss and come toward the person and as I walked over closer to it, it wanted to bite me,” Al Roberts of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said, via WKMG.

[BlueLancer]

[Theoria]

Gators are pretty hardy. They are native to Oklahoma and Arkansas. They can survive in the cold for a while, as long as they can break the ice to get air. PA would finish them off.

I recall some time back that in Maine there was a Anaconda on the loose. Has to be Floridaman dropping off critters up north.

PA isn't immune as well.

Giant snakes reported in Adams County and nearby: Monsters of Pennsylvania

[Interesting Times]

We fired our cannon ‘til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

We fired our cannon ‘til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

[Hot Tabasco]

With climate change upon us it is only a short time before they return to Michigan.

We're (well, maybe I am) locked and loaded for them. let em come.........Grrrrrr!

[SamAdams76]

Some entrepreneur should start a fast-food franchise based on alligator meat.

Problem solved.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Governments, at all levels, don’t hire the sharpest tools.””

You left out:

“”The minute that it seen a person it immediately, you now,””

Well, it seems newspapers don’t hire the brightest/sharpest people either, you NOW!!!!

[backwoods-engineer]

BE, have you seen them? They’re a mile or so from Neptune. Right on Rifle Range Road (Elmore County Hwy 4) in the swamp right after the Hwy 229 stop sign and past the industrial park.

No, but now I am going to look when I am down that way next!

[dfwgator]

We have them in DFW.

Indeed!

[zerosix]

I love my shoes and belts using ‘gator skins.

They also make some tasty eatin, or so I’m told.

[Rebelbase]

The must be good when smoked.

[bert]

-—started to hiss and come toward the person——

My hiking buddy and I had such an encounter on a very narrow trail on Cumberland Island. The island was once rice patties and now the dikes between the flooded former fields are trails in some locations.

The gator turned toward us and hissed, showing the inside of his white mouth. There was nothing of substance to throw at it. It made no move to leave it’s spot in the sun and clearly wouldn’t move.
we backtracked.....defeated by an alligator and thus added 3 miles to our total for the day through boring woods.

A rule of thumb for gator length is eyes to nostrils x 12. In the photos the distance could be closely approximated to 12 inches meaning the gator was on the order of 12 feet overall.

in the photos we had a good

[rktman]

Oh yeah. Breaded and deep fried gator tail is yummy.

[bert]

Tastes like rattlesnake

[zerosix]

Gotta go get me sumo ‘dat!