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Alligator Found Swimming In YMCA Pool
local6 ^ | September 28, 2007

Posted on 09/28/2007 9:07:07 AM PDT by stainlessbanner

An alligator was found swimming in a Central Florida YMCA on Friday morning.

The gator, which was about 4 feet long, was discovered by a swimmer in the pool, which is located on the campus of Brevard Community College on Clearlake Road in Cocoa.

It is not known how the alligator got into the facility.

A YMCA worker joked that the alligator was targeting her because she was wearing an Auburn Tigers sweatshirt.

The Florida Gators play Auburn on Saturday.

Officials who removed the alligator said it will be released into the wild.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: alligator; fl; pool; ymca

1 posted on 09/28/2007 9:07:09 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

“It’s fun to stay at the YMCA!”


2 posted on 09/28/2007 9:09:20 AM PDT by AU72
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To: stainlessbanner

alligaytor


3 posted on 09/28/2007 9:12:18 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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To: stainlessbanner

That’s what happens when you don’t put enough chlorine in the water.

Stuff grows overnight.


4 posted on 09/28/2007 9:14:28 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: stainlessbanner

They do get around, LOL. The little ones can climb a chainlink fence.


5 posted on 09/28/2007 9:15:29 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: All

There are always Gators in FL pools....no pun intended UF alums

My dad had one of them critters in his pool last year. In a way, not too bad....it discourages people from using your pool without permission


6 posted on 09/28/2007 9:17:25 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (FantasyCollegeBlitz.com)
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To: stainlessbanner
The gator, which was about 4 feet long, was discovered by a swimmer in the pool
He/she didn't notice a 4 foot alligator and jumped into the pool?
7 posted on 09/28/2007 9:18:38 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

They find their way back.

Last week while walking out back at work, a 5-footer was sunning himself on the bank of the canal. I wish I had a camera on me.


8 posted on 09/28/2007 9:20:10 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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To: oh8eleven

She probably mistook it for a log.


9 posted on 09/28/2007 9:21:16 AM PDT by shekkian
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To: stainlessbanner; All

“Avon calling.”

10 posted on 09/28/2007 9:25:43 AM PDT by dighton
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To: AU72

Long ago when I was in high school and lived on a farm, we “walked” a neighbor’s cow up one flight of stairs in the high school and left her as a prank. Not an easy task but at least cows won’t take your arm or leg off. No one able to prove who it was so each member of the senior class had to spend 10 minutes cleaning up cow pies and scrubbing the floor. No one ever attempted such a feat after that.


11 posted on 09/28/2007 9:28:37 AM PDT by Grams A
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To: dighton

Reminds me of the “Land Shark” skits on SNL.


12 posted on 09/28/2007 9:29:09 AM PDT by FreePaul
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To: dighton

That looks just like my parents’ front door!


13 posted on 09/28/2007 9:31:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is funny." ~ last words of "Doc" Holliday)
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To: bicyclerepair
Last week while walking out back at work, a 5-footer was sunning himself on the bank of the canal. I wish I had a camera on me.

I might have preferred a .45.

14 posted on 09/28/2007 9:34:26 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Tax-chick
That looks just like my parents’ front door!

Better call and tell them not to answer it.

;-)

15 posted on 09/28/2007 9:40:26 AM PDT by dighton
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16 posted on 09/28/2007 9:43:08 AM PDT by traumer
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To: stainlessbanner

A 4-footer is just a youngin’


17 posted on 09/28/2007 9:58:42 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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