Apparently gators, range indicated above in yellow, inhabit most of the Deep South, and even North Carolina clear up to the VA border. But I think we've got most of them here in Florida.
Posted on 05/16/2006 12:06:05 PM PDT by dukeman
"These are unfortunate, unrelated coincidences," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said."
Obviously he is unaware of the recent gator fatwa against humans and their pets infringing on their scared territory. It's gator jihad I tell you.
It's that way in Florida too.
'Call 911 and die while waiting for help to come' approach.
My thoughts exactly, my mom has a beautiful alligator bag from the 60's. I want it.
I find it a little stringier than chicken. The first time I ate fried pieces of gator everything started out fine, but then I began thinking, "I've got lizard in my stomach." And then I started remembering the scene from Alien where the alien critter bursts out of the guy's abdomen, and then......never mind!
Until recently though I never heard of gators coming on land to attack humans, plenty of pets however go missing all the time.
"Frey thought she was going to jail, but ended up with a warning citation for hunting without a permit."
Oh please! Even the thought she should be questioned is ridiculous. Tying this in with "hunting" is ridiculous.
Absurdity reigns!
"The shots hit their mark -- two in the alligator's neck and two in its shoulder. The gator barely bled, she said."
Do we know the caliber?
Absolutely.
Until Sept. 11.
Then no more sharks, and no more Chandra Levy.
What does a guy do with a purse? LOL
I don't know the caliber. Would a 10-round clip most likely be a .22?
Nowhere in the article do they mention the caliber of the firearm . . . since they do mention a 10-round magazine, it could have been a Beretta 92 (9mm) or something even smaller, like a .380 auto or even a .22 rimfire. Some describe 9mm as ".45 ACP set on 'stun'" - or, as my dad says, "I hate like &*^*^% to shoot a man and then stand there and argue with him."
Suffice it to say that NONE of those are adequate for gator. If she had unloaded a .44 Mag or a .45 ACP into Mr. Suitcase, she might have gotten his attention a little more effectively.
"Even if it was eating your dog??
susie"
Well, I would just have to face the legal consequences.
Me too. Otherwise my dog would be really mad at me!
susie
See my post 51. We don't know, but it was probably just a virtue pistol -- although if she's a Marine you'd think she'd have something a little more substantial around the house . . .
Glad I read this far -- I was just about to say the same thing.
Apparently gators, range indicated above in yellow, inhabit most of the Deep South, and even North Carolina clear up to the VA border. But I think we've got most of them here in Florida.
In 2002 a man was killed by a shark as he dived into St. Pete Bay from his dock.
Eewww!!
I love fish and seafood..but somehow the desire to try gator has escaped me..
Until Sept. 11.
Then no more sharks, and no more Chandra Levy.
I remember that summer very well. It was Gary Condit 24/7 on the tv news, with breaks here and there for shark hysteria. We traveled from Florida to NYC on a family vacation in July and stood right in the shadows of the Twin Towers. Still gives me the creeps.
For some obvious reasons, I'll recuse myself from this thread.
But, on a parting note:
Hey, Hey, Gator's gotcher Granny!
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