13 FOOT ALLIGATOR BIG AS A TRUNK
The Critter Management patrol on Hilton Head Island captured a 13 foot
long alligator
that could easily be a trunk if somebody put handles on him. He had
been harassing tourists and residents for a long time and was
consideered The Loch Ness
Monster of Hilton Head. After chasing him relentlessly for days, the
patrol finally captured him. He had to be "put down" because he had
become such a dangerous
pest.
"How dangerous?", you may ask. Just check all the stuff they found
inside of him
when they did the autopsy.
First of all they found another entire alligator inside...4 feet long
and he was apparently being held for a later feast. It was like those
carved wooden Russian
dolls whee one is inside another. A good idea for a tourist trinket.
Then there was one undigested tennis shoe...no foot inside. The
alligator was probably hoping to get three more shoes or three more
feet. In spite of signs warning people not to feed the alligators,
some people still dangle their feet in the
lagoons while fishing.
They are perfect bait for alligators.
They also found about 50 pounds of lead sinkers, dozens of fishing
hooks including
lines.
He must have been a sports fan because they found a couple of tennis
balls, two baseballs, some unidentified partially digested balls...and
a beer can. They also found nearly 50 rocks of various kinds as well
as two whole turtles which are surely
difficult to digest.
You can imagine what that alligator might have swalled that he could
easily digest...so keep your feet ou of the creek.
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