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Showdown: 10-Foot Florida Gator Takes a Bite Out of Law…Literally
- Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:46pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 10-foot-long alligator has taken a bite out of a Florida deputy sheriff’s cruiser.
Authorities say Alachua County Deputy Victor Borrero spotted the gator Saturday evening near the Gainesville Golf and Country Club. It attacked the patrol car while the deputy was waiting for an alligator trapper to show up.
Sheriff‘s spokesman Todd Kelly says the car’s front bumper was heavily damaged.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman said the alligator was put down under the state’s nuisance gator policy. Under that policy, the trapper is allowed to keep meat and hide from the gator.
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Comments (54)
brainwashedCa
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:35pmEven the wildlife is fed-up with the police-state.
Report Post »No doubt, that this scenario will result in the passage, of some outlandish piece of legislation, that they’ll call “law.”
EZDOZIT
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:31pmAlligator takes a bite out of crime fighter.
Report Post »ChuckJ
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:30pmthe officer was a UT fan, and the Gator was expressing his opinion of UT.
Report Post »JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:13pmHe’d make a Nice pair od shoes, or should I say a few pair.
Report Post »p51d007
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:53pmWonder if the trapper blended the gator….to make some GATOR–ADE
Report Post »lillianrose
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:46pmMaybe tired of union guys telling him what he should be doing…
Report Post »WVBeagleMom
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:33pmAnd thats another reason I left the state of Florida!
Report Post »JBates
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:32pmFake or not, GO GATORS!!!!
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:00pmAlmost lost my dog to a gator here in Alabama at a state park. Gotta watch out for them gators.
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:59pmIt‘s been determined that’s a fake. Plus I initially saw it on April 13th.
Report Post »CloudNine
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:49pm@Trooper
You’re an idiot!
Report Post »CloudNine
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:48pmWhere’s Granny?
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:43pmI saw a pit bull do the same thing and it got the same thing the gator got, dead. Pit bulls are the same as gators, mindless killers, kind of like most of the people that own them. You know who you are!
Report Post »davuf
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:02amThat‘s ridiculous Gators aren’t that bad. If you keep you distance they keep theirs. Only concern is for the really big ones.
Report Post »TINFOIL HATS
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:12pmyou speak the truth
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:38pmLooks like assault to me. BBQ gator tail tonight!
Report Post »davuf
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:00amYum! Gator tail for everyone!
Report Post »h20sue
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:30pmTry explaining that to your Captain, or the insurance company!
Report Post »5410amh
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:21pmThis is to funny.
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:19pmNow ya’ know why they started putting those cheap, plastic bumpers on cars… to protect alligators and angry ex-wives. The gator would have though twice about munching on one of the chrome steel bumpers of days-gone-by. I’ll tell you the ex-wife vs. chrome bumper story another day.
Report Post »USAqh
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:15pmJust wondering … since the story mentions that the bumper was heavily damaged, with just one ittty bitty gator bite .. was it a Government Motors bumper? My F-150 could stand up to that tiny bite !!!
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:21pmNo, that’s a Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor. Same ol’ plastic (cheapo) bumpers that are on just about everything nowadays. Junk, and expensive to replace.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:43pmwas there a obama 08 sticker on the car?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:09pm@Blaze
Report Post »Under that policy, the trapper is allowed to keep meat and hide from the gator.
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Why would he want to hide from the gator? Is the gator looking for him?
Poole
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:29pmMaybe, he owed some money to the Gator.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:39pmI’d hide from the gator if I had his meat.
Report Post »Gators are always hungry.
LibertyGirl
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 7:14pmI knew I wasn’t the only one who was questioning that comment. Does this mean it is illegal to hide from an alligator that isn’t a nuisance? That would be odd.
Report Post »Taxpayer550
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:06pmThis is interesting, but it’s not as good as the story of an alligator that emerged from a canal while some utility workers were repairing a telephone line. The sheriff was summoned to the scene and before he got out of his cruiser, got on the loudspeaker and told the alligator, “This is the Broward County Sheriff’s Department. Get back in the canal!” The newspaper that printed the article was careful to mention that the alligator did not respond to the officer’s orders. Absolutely priceless.
Report Post »WINNEBAGOMAN
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:42pmIf this is true… funniest story ever! As a police officer, I hadn’t heard that little gem. Thank you.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:56pmPlease! I’m trying to eat my supper, not spray it all over my keyboard!
Report Post »FUNNY!
BetsyRoss1
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:05pmGo gators!
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:05pmGo Gators!
Report Post »Gainesville.
brickmoon
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:25pmAnd go bears! http://is.gd/4MAHb (old story)
Report Post »davuf
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:58amGo Gators!
Report Post »Gail
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:00pmGo FL Gators!
Report Post »GSC122
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:57pmblaze comments are so bad. >_<
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:55pmTake a bite outta crime
Report Post »one yrs.food ration
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:49pmthis is a crocodile and is now looking for bin laden in the ocean..
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 5:55pmNope it’s gator mating season .. he was just trying to impress! (or mate with the patrol car!)
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:03pmThem Loop Road gators don’t like the law poking their noses around.
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:16pmHe thought the car was sexy…..being green and all…..
Report Post »OLDBIKEFIXER
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:43pmNo, that‘s a ’gator. Crocs have a longer, thinner head.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 6:52pmDon’t tread on ME….
Report Post »the new Florida moto The gator replaces the snake.
drago
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:35pm@Oldbikefixer
Report Post »Yea, like obummer, hes a real croc…..
SlimnRanger
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:45pm@CatB,so would their offspring be called gator patrolies?
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:53pmCroikey mates, this fella’s mad. He about ten feet long and a real beaut. Gotta be careful though, he’ll take quite a bite from ya if your not careful… RIP Steve Irwin
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 2:40amI don’t miss this—lived in FL for 9 years. Always wondered if one of these would greet me in the yard.
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