Posted on 08/31/2018 10:59:38 AM PDT by ETL
A giant lizard that’s terrorizing a Florida family has no intention of being captured, as it has managed to evade state wildlife officials, trappers and hunting dogs for days.
The reptile — what the South Florida Sun Sentinel identified as a monitor lizard, weighing roughly 150 pounds — was first spotted by Zachary Lieberman a few weeks ago on a horse trail behind his family’s home. While he contacted the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) about the 6-foot lizard, he told Fox News on Friday he never expected the reptile to make its way into his backyard.
On Sunday, the lizard began scratching at the family’s back door.
“I was sitting there playing with the kids when my wife screamed,” he said, adding that he and his 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son had coincidentally just finished watching “Jurassic Park.”
Lieberman then went around back, attempting to lure the lizard toward the garage with hopes of enclosing it inside. To his surprise, the reptile followed him. But as soon as it “got the hint,” he said, it “got up on its hindlegs and took off.”
“His speed is what really scares me now; if it can run that fast away, it can come that fast toward someone,” Lieberman said, expressing concern for his two young children.
“The kids are scared to get in pool — and rightfully so with a ‘dinosaur’ living in the backyard,” he continued, adding that the reptile has “nasty claws” and is “terrifying to look at.”
Since Monday, Lieberman said wildlife officials and local trappers have made attempts to capture the lizard. Even the use of dead rodents —a meal that would seemingly be delectable to a giant lizard — hasn’t tricked the reptile into capture.
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Shoot, shovel, and shut up.
No way in hell the state gets more than 1 day to solve this problem.
That’s nothing, a moose once...
I’d kill the son-of-a-bitch dead right now. No problem.
Choot ‘em!
What are they complaining about? They get a free watch-lizard. I’d make him a pet in no time.
Thats not terrifying to look at. Monitor lizards make for good pets. Though they take a lot of work.
In the Philippines called bayawak.
Very tasty.
Harmless (mostly).
Godzirra
I had a friend who taught me how to capture them alive when I lived in Subic Bay...
Just shoot the phucker! When reporting it to the popo or animal control people, say it attacked. End of problem.
Heck, I wish I could solve my reptile problem that way. For the past days there's been some huge SOB messing around in my backyard and in my garbage cans. Never seen anything like it before.
That thing is a Komodo Dragon and they are very dangerous. Their saliva can create a serious infection which will kill you over a short term if not treated. They are not native to the U.S., so some dummy let the thing loose.
Then put as many rounds in the boiler as you want. Don't bother aiming for the head, the brain is too small.
No its not a Komodo Dragon.
Its a related but much smaller monitor lizard.
Native to South East Asia.
Its most likely this guy -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
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