Godzilla Florida style

[Yokmoni]

This picture was taken by a Lifeflight helicopter flying over Lake Istapoka,
(For those of you who are not local, Lake Istapoka is near Sebring, FL.)

That has to be a HUGE gator to have a whole deer in its mouth!
Are you ready to go fishing on Lake Istapoka ?!

Date: Mon, 1 Aug, 2006 06:14:24 -0500

The alligator was found between Lake
Istapoka and Pinedale estates... near a house ,

Game Wardens were forced to shoot the alligator- guess he wouldn't
cooperate.

Jayne and Don Hobkirk could hear the bellowing in the night.

Their neighbors had been telling them that they had seen a mammoth
alligator

in the Lake that runs behind their house, but they dismissed the
stories as
being exaggerations.

"I didn't believe it," Don Hobkirk said.

Friday they realized the stories were, if anything, understated.

Florida Game and Parks game wardens had to shoot the beast...

Joe Goff, 6' 5" tall, a game warden with the Florida Game and Parks
Commission, walks past the 23-foot,
one inch alligator that he shot and killed in the back yard of Jayne &
Don Hobkirk. (image003)

 

[a12bee]

Oh crap! What a way to go.

 

[71ChargerRT]

Damn, I love cold weather...

 

[73roadrunner]

:liar: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_big_gator.htm around 14 ft is the record for Florida I believe.

 

[Yokmoni]

Texas, Florida..it's still a big ole gator..to bad they couldn't capture it for zoo life. It still looks bigger than 13 foot, got that huge head..what a nightmare it would be to bump into that monster at night while taking out the trash.[smilie=2:

 

[73roadrunner]

Texas, Florida..it's still a big ole gator..to bad they couldn't capture it for zoo life. It still looks bigger than 13 foot, got that huge head..what a nightmare it would be to bump into that monster at night while taking out the trash.[smilie=2:[/quote]


Kind of reminds me of the ex-wife. :shifty:

 

[68RR383]

Reminds me of the 911 call they were playing a month or so ago of a homeless guy who was being stuffed under a pier by a big gator. The helpful advice of the 911 operator was priceless. Imagine you're being stuffed into a small space by a big gator that has broken both your arms and there's some guy standing on the pier telling you to punch it in the face and assuring you that the police are on the way.

 

[mannye]

Gators are a fact of life around here. You guys may have heard about the young lady who sat down to rest after a jog and ended up disembowled (spelling?) by a gator? The young lady in quesion was the girlfriend of a buddy of mine. She didn't realize she was sitting right next to a clutch of alligator eggs. Poor girl didn't have a chance. The buggers can reach speeds of up to 40mph ON LAND in short bursts.

 

[BootHead]

that's alot of handbags

 

[Fishy]

Gators are a fact of life around here. You guys may have heard about the young lady who sat down to rest after a jog and ended up disembowled (spelling?) by a gator? The young lady in quesion was the girlfriend of a buddy of mine. She didn't realize she was sitting right next to a clutch of alligator eggs. Poor girl didn't have a chance. The buggers can reach speeds of up to 40mph ON LAND in short bursts.

Heard the best way to run from a gator is in a zig zag pattern....they aren't as fast that way nor are they nimble enough to keep running like that for a period of time....sucks about your buddies girl.

 

[mannye]

Heard the best way to run from a gator is in a zig zag pattern....they aren't as fast that way nor are they nimble enough to keep running like that for a period of time....sucks about your buddies girl.

Nah, that zig zag thing is a myth. No amount of zigging is going to save you if you're too close when it charges.