'Aggressive' Gator Kills Burglary Suspect
MICCOSUKEE TRIBE INDIAN RESERVATION, Fla. (Nov. 13) - A man who jumped into a lake to flee police was killed by an alligator more than 9-feet long, officials said Tuesday.
MICCOSUKEE TRIBE INDIAN RESERVATION, Fla. (Nov. 13) - A man who jumped into a lake to flee police was killed by an alligator more than 9-feet long, officials said Tuesday.
The man, whose name has not been released, was allegedly burglarizing a vehicle in the parking lot of the Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center on Thursday. He ran when police arrived at the scene, said Dexter Lehtinen, one of the tribe's police legal advisors.
Tribal police divers searched for the man that night, then again Friday morning and afternoon. During the third dive, the body was recovered. It bore alligator teeth marks on the upper torso.
The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department said the cause of death was an alligator attack.
An accomplice in the alleged burglary has been arrested. The Miccosukee tribe, which is not obligated to follow Florida's open records laws, declined to release his name. Without a name, the Miami-Dade state attorney's office was unable to comment on whether the man has been charged.
The alligator believed to be responsible for the death has been killed. A coroner was scheduled to examine the 9-foot-3 reptile Wednesday for human hair or skin, said Brian Wood, owner of All American Gator Products, which is storing the gator in a cooler for now. It will then be incinerated or buried, he said.
A sign at the lake warns people: "Danger Live Alligators." Wood said in other alligator habitats, signs also warn people not to feed the creatures.
"They become too comfortable being around humans and they equate humans to food," Wood said. "Generally if a gator sees a person, he goes the other way, he goes down, he hides. This gator was aggressive, not afraid of people."
I have said it before and I will say it again, "why did they euthanize(kill) the gator"? The gator lives in the pond/lake. It's his home! Doesn't he have the right to protect that as we have the right to protect our home? Plus, he got rid of a "dirtbag" for us.
One of these days, when everything in the universe is properly lined up and in synch, the animals will have their day. The ego and ignorance of mankind is ruining this planet.
Peace and Dragons and Animalz,
Bobby Sharpe Dragon, Book of Shang Bobby Sharpe's "Indigo Spiritz"
1 comment:
I agree, that gator did us all a favor. Besides, there was warning signs.. That is so rediculous that they would kill the gator, what good did that do? Are they going to kill all of them? It is simply their instinct. You're right though, one day we will be at peace with the animals, I can foresee a time when the ego of humans won't be the deciding factor on how things unfold. =D
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