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Matthew Riggins was reported missing on November 13, but his body was found 10 days later floating in a pond in Barefoot Bay, Florida. When authorities tried to pull his remains out of the water, they were nearly attacked by an 11-foot-long alligator, Major Tod Goodyear of Barefooy said in a statement.
His remains were found in the alligator...........
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)The guy told his girlfriend he and another guy were going to rob some homes. The police was on the lookout for him and his pal with dogs and a helicopter. He tried to escape and conceal himself in a lake. The gator did what gators do.
There is a certain karma working in this story.
Lochloosa
(16,073 posts)Alligators can't chew. They stuff their kill under logs or in a hole in the river bank and let it "soften up". So the can tear it apart.
That's why I only swim in fresh water springs here. You can see the gators.
Albertoo
(2,016 posts)They drown them by keeping them underwater. Then proceed as you described.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)They do it a bit ......differently....... than other places I have been.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)...a goat rapist.
I'm assuming a man that rapes goats.
And that's not an autocorrect screw up.
The tagline pun was "hide your kids".
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Big O gator! Poor fella, not the way to go.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)House robbing asshole caused the death of a very old Gator.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)...Employee there told me they think some Holy Thunderers are there and elsewhere, due to burgeoning populations. Love to see one of those guys. Beautiful walk along 3 foot high 19th century dike into the prairie. You are forewarned, esp. If you have children.
Complain as some will, there are beautiful places and good people all over the state. Our family goes back to pre-Civil War times.
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