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Large lizard on the loose (Roswell, NM)
KRQE News 13 ^ | September 28, 2011 | Gabrielle Burkhart

Posted on 09/29/2011 1:29:37 PM PDT by CedarDave

ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) - A Roswell woman is asking for the public's help in finding a missing member of her family.

But this is no ordinary missing person's case. The missing member is an iguana that's around 5 feet long.

'Izzy' the iguana has only lived with the Atkinson family since last Thursday, but he's already made a run for it.

Owner Melissa Atkinson said he hadn't quite adapted to all of his new siblings yet.

"Okay, I have six poodles, a guard dog, two cats, a ferret, oh, and a snake," Atkinson explained.

Her 7-foot red-tail Columbian Boa knows his own way back inside his Roswell home, but that wasn't the case for the 5-foot iguana.

(Excerpt) Read more at krqe.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: iguana; lizards; newmexico
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Watch the video at the link. She's got a big bandage on her right hand where the lizard took a bite out her. Appears a bit on the nutty side if you ask me.
1 posted on 09/29/2011 1:29:40 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: LegendHasIt; Rogle; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; OneWingedShark; ...

NM list PING! Click on the flag to go to the Free Republic New Mexico message page.

(The NM list is available on my FR homepage for anyone to use. Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

2 posted on 09/29/2011 1:30:57 PM PDT by CedarDave (My Sarah prediction: Announcing for President between October 12 and 28.)
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Cute reporter says the lizard is her size. Would much rather meet her on the street than the lizard.

p.s. Wonder if the 7-foot boa ate the 5-foot lizard?


3 posted on 09/29/2011 1:34:12 PM PDT by CedarDave (My Sarah prediction: Announcing for President between October 12 and 28.)
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bookmarking for cool godzilla pics


4 posted on 09/29/2011 1:35:54 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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Large lizard on the loose (Roswell, NM)

Uncle Duke, is that you?

5 posted on 09/29/2011 1:40:06 PM PDT by newheart (When does policy become treason?)
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6 posted on 09/29/2011 1:40:41 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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Ohhhhhhh...you don’t want to be missing a member in Roswell, do ya?


7 posted on 09/29/2011 1:41:15 PM PDT by jessduntno (Obama shanks. America tanks.)
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To: mmichaels1970
Is this it?


8 posted on 09/29/2011 1:42:04 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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“”Okay, I have six poodles, a guard dog, two cats, a ferret, oh, and a snake,” Atkinson explained”
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It’s unexplainable. Some people are just bat sh!t crazy.


9 posted on 09/29/2011 1:43:24 PM PDT by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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“HEY, EARTHLINGS! YOUR LIZARDS ARE BELONG US!”


10 posted on 09/29/2011 1:43:31 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
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Is this it?

No...looks like GEICO shuttle insurance to me.
11 posted on 09/29/2011 1:46:30 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: CedarDave

Paging Sgt. Stadanko


12 posted on 09/29/2011 1:46:57 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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Saw the title and had to make sure I was zipped up.


13 posted on 09/29/2011 1:48:45 PM PDT by conservaterian (Sarah/DeMint '12)
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The title says large lizard, not itty bitty iguana.


14 posted on 09/29/2011 1:51:29 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Thought Nancy Pelosi lived in California...never mind.


15 posted on 09/29/2011 1:56:28 PM PDT by Bed_Zeppelin
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Paging Josh Gates. Josh Gates to the courtesy phone...
16 posted on 09/29/2011 1:58:26 PM PDT by BigCinBigD
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I know a guy who grew up on a Caribbean island, he says Iguanas are good to eat.


17 posted on 09/29/2011 1:58:54 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ((Most leftism can be traced to childhood birthday trauma))
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Ah, iguana, the other white meat, Jose told me they taste just like chicken.

Iguanas are vegetarian, wouldn't hurt a flea on purpose. But the Wife freaks out when the cat brings a chuckawalla (like a smaller iguana) into the house.

18 posted on 09/29/2011 2:17:55 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
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A Tree iguana or a Marine iguana?
5’ is very large,,, sure its not a Monitor lizard of some sort?
good meaty animal when needed. . .


19 posted on 09/29/2011 2:34:24 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways a Guero y Guay Lao << >> with a floating, shifting, ever changing)
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Izzy’s hide might be at the taxidermist getting prepped for a new pair of cowboy boots right now .....


20 posted on 09/29/2011 3:15:48 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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