!!10-FOOT GATOR FOUND ON PORCH!! 12/10/09

[Stingray8854]

@TheDTHou The alligator could have just as likely ended up hiding somewhere in the yard, instead of in plain view. Someone gets up early, still dark. Coffee in hand, they go outside for the paper and it's right at the edge of the shrubs. Or, a little four year old girl is playing in the back yard with mom and dad. It's just after sunset, time to go inside. She goes to get her toy at the edge of the flower bed. See what could happen? This could have been a real nightmare. Just saying.

[supersayindtae]

chuck norris called he wants his lizard back

[Stingray8854]

@DemonicTrilogy (continued) They're lucky the gator was out in the open, not hiding some place like bushes, tall grass, or a flower bed. They're ambush predators. They HIDE. All it takes is a child to go for a toy in the flower bed at dusk. Someone goes out early, coffee in hand, for the morning paper. It's still dark, and the paper is at the edge of the shrubs. You get the picture. Look, I'm not paranoid about alligators, but this is a REALISTIC danger to people, especially children.

[Stingray8854]

@DemonicTrilogy What I've said here isn't based on ignorance and doesn't lead to misunderstanding. NORMALLY alligators, like sharks, shy away from humans and have a natural fear of us. That's common knowledge. But it's not "normal" for an alligator, especially a mature one, to visit a neighborhood, much less end up on someone's porch. It HAPPENS, and it's getting more common, but it's not normal. It's LOST fear of humans, and it's no "small incident" when it's this size. (continued)

[DemonicTrilogy]

Despite reading most of stingray's extremely passionate posts on why the gator should have been taken down, it's these kinds of reactions to small incidents that give a lot of the predators of wildlife an extremely misleading image. Sharks are portrayed as man-eaters yet when a shark approaches a human, it's way more afraid of the human than the person is to it. Even with all these studies on how afraid a lot of predators are of us, people still generalize and end up getting the public scared.

[93sanfrancisco]

The alligators are so stupid. The Animal control put the alligator down. The Alligator would eat anything that is meat.! Those people did the right thing.

[lddgurl13]

thats not fair to the alligator! they shouldve relocated him!! my little sister said" that poor alligator!! i dont like those people they killed it...."

[Stingray8854]

@lddgurl13 You CAN'T just relocate an alligator that size. They COME BACK! Even from over 100 miles away. It's their homing instinct. It's lost fear of humans, and to relocate it would be like setting a potential killer loose in the area. Small alligators can be relocated because they don't have the instinct developed yet, so they stay where they're released. Not so with the bigger ones. And they don't care if it's a raccoon, a dog, or human child, it's all PREY. They did the right thing.

[lddgurl13]

@Stingray8854  ik that my friends get on here and act like me

[jvbaskfavsj]

There gonna seriously kill him?

[BladesForHire]

0:05 "I don't like your kind 'round here!"

0:49 Duct tape solves all.

[FantasyNero]

That Crocodile is Small 0.o

[htiberian]

ALIGATORS AND CROCS ARE JEFFREY DAHMER WITH LEATHERY SKIN.

[htiberian]

they should give the aligator a "three strikes and your'e out" sentence, just like in California

[Stingray8854]

@SpacemanCreed Most zoos won't accept a captured alligator, for fear of introducing diseases to their gators. If it were small, up to about four feet, they'd release it in the wild. We do that here in south Louisiana. But larger ones too often RETURN, even from over 100 miles away. Then you have a dangerous predator with no fear of humans on the loose, that hides very well. So really, there's no choice. To release it may get someone killed, and the most likely to be attacked are children.

[marlow19900]

haha aligators are little kittens compared to crocs

[Stingray8854]

@trinicoolie101 What's so hard to believe about that?

[SpacemanCreed]

@Stingray8854 Well couldn't they just have put it in a zoo or back in the wild? Puting it down considering it didn't attack anyone seems kinda ruff in my opinion

[trinicoolie101]

put down r u fuckin serious -.-

[Stingray8854]

@SlaterBug077 Not a threat? What kind of FANTASY WORLD are you living in? Just what makes you think this alligator is NOT a threat? It's sense of kindness and compassion? Alligators, especially ones that have lost their fear of humans, ATTACK, DISMEMBER, and sometimes KILL PEOPLE. The most likely to be attacked are SMALL CHILDREN. It's rare, but it HAPPENS. The people who dealt with this gator aren't cruel. They understand REALITY.

[SlaterBug077]

Cruel fucking bastards. Poor Alligator, he is not a fucking threat. how fucking dare they?

[THEFUTUREMARINE2016]

they found a 21 foot gator

[Stingray8854]

@FishinBoat119 The fact that Louisiana has far less alligator attacks on people than Florida doesn't mean we don't have dangerous encounters. Just like in Florida, they sometimes show up in our city parks and neighborhoods, MILES from any swamp, on higher, DRY LAND that NEVER WAS suitable for alligators. Some people say, "You're invading their habitat." That may be true in some places, but with very few exceptions, not here. Yet they still show up. Some people refuse to acknowledge that.

[Stingray8854]

@FishinBoat119 I'm from south Louisiana. We have at least as many alligators as Florida, probably more. Nearly 2,000,000 in our HUGE, VAST swamps and marshes, but FAR less attacks on people. I think it's because we have an intense hunting season. The laws are different, but our gator hunters take about 30,000 per year. Florida gator hunters take about 7,000 to 10,000. Just my opinion, I don't know all the facts, but it seems Florida should allow more. There'd be less people attacked.

[Stingray8854]

@karensmurray Well, that's true. On that, we agree. Look, the point is, they're not stupid. It's not some bloodthirsty mob wielding pitchforks and torches demanding the alligator's life. It's law enforcement doing their job to protect people, even if the rest of the country finds it offensive. It's obvious you dislike this, and alligator hunting. That's your right. But if you're interested in civil, non-insulting discussion about it, to see both sides of the issue, I'd be glad to.

[Stingray8854]

@sdgcx You notice how angry some people get about this? Yours was an honest, sensible QUESTION. No bashing, or name calling, you were just trying to understand. It's too bad more people don't follow that example.

[wilder9777]

good work

[karensmurray]

you stupid fuckers. just take the gator to a safe place, like the protected areas of nasa. if a human does something to endanger another human we don't just put it down, but maybe we should, we are after just an animal- the human animal

[Stingray8854]

@karensmurray Alligators ARE released in remote areas, recorded and tagged. However, they often RETURN, even over long distances. These are DANGEROUS to pets and people, mostly CHILDREN. They don't just show up in plain view. Imagine a little 4 year old girl in the yard at dusk. She goes to get her toy at the edge of the flower bed. Unseen eyes watch her, hidden in the tall foliage. He has no concept of mercy. A lunge forward, a 2,000 pound bite and she's dead, bitten in half. THIS IS REALITY.

[karensmurray]

@Stingray8854 and reality sucks sometimes

[Stingray8854]

@karensmurray I offered you a non-insulting, mature discussion about this, and I found this on my channel from you:

to stringray-- did you take science in school? Well, if you did, you should remember that science breaks it down to 3 things- 1)animal, 2)vegetable, or 3)mineral. Now, I'm wondering, if you're not an animal. Then are you a vegetable, say cucumber, or are you a mineral, say coal? Let me know, for I am a human-animal.

Sounds condescending, and I don't appreciate it (continued)

[Stingray8854]

@karensmurray And yes, I did take science in school. Sounds like your statement that science breaks it down to animal, vegetable, or mineral refers to classifications of matter. You want to call yourself a human animal, that's your choice. But there's a fundamental difference between humans and animals. Call me backwards, crazy, politically incorrect, I don't care, but humans are more valuable than animals. You didn't answer my question. Which would you save, a child or animal from drowning?

[Stingray8854]

@karensmurray We are NOT animals. Call me crazy, politically incorrect, what ever, but HUMAN LIFE is more valuable than that of an alligator. Or ANY animal for that matter. If you see an animal and a child drowning, there's not a second to lose, and you can only save one, which would you choose?

[XxDBZSuperSaiyan4xX]

why would they kill the gator it was just sitting their not trying to kill or hurt anyone they are just retards just killing animals so we can be safe beside gators were hear first so just live the gator alone if you see one and that gator was just fighting because it was sacrd or it did not want to be botherd so if you see one on your pourch just live it alone and and maybe it will go to your neighbors pourch and the same for them dont even tell any one that the gator is there or it will die .

[heyitsthatcooolguy]

Hahaha.......... Porch gator!

[idkanynamez]

Fuck people!

[flashlight67]

I think the gator had a different opinion on who is the threat here. They just should have given him a place to stay. What a fucking excuse, there was nothing wrong with the animal.

[backstreetgir88]

No need to put him down. Its not his fault, he was not looking for trouble and he gets put down? So sad.

[cherizard1555]

Holy...shit!!



[Talsy301]

did anyone see that aligator roar?

[aprincess1972]

What's fucked up is this gator would NOT have been walking around the neighborhood if someone wasn't feeding it!!! THEY ARE AFRAID OF US!!!! That is what pisses me off the most! No one ever confesses to that part of it... it's bullshit! They don't just randomly wander up to someones front door for NO reason! It may not have been THIS family, but you can guarantee that someone close was feeding this poor gator and now it's dead because of their ignorance!

[Stingray8854]

@aprincess1972 You're right. I live in south Louisiana where we have LOTS of alligators. While sometimes, just like there are fearless, aggressive people, some alligators behave the same way. Even in very remote areas, WAY out in the swamps and marshes where few humans go and they're not likely fed, they seem to have no fear of people. However, like you say, most gators with no fear of people have been fed by them. Our wildlife agents tend to frown on that sort of thing.

[6400az]

Definitley qualifies as a Halpate-Chobee !!

[TORNAD078]

0.o Big! But the largets croc ws twice that size 0.o

[sdgcx]

cant they drop it of somewhere far away from the town? or put it in a zoo?

[Stingray8854]

@sdgcx Sometimes the police, sheriff, or wildlife law enforcement does that. Don't know about the zoos (maybe if there's room for them?), but I know they sometimes release alligators in remote swamps, marshes, rivers, etc, in the wild. Sometimes, for some reason, they come back. Even having to travel long distances, through suitable wetland habitat, or over dry land, they go back to where they were captured. That's when they're truly dangerous, especially big ones, and they have to be killed.

[sdgcx]

@Stingray8854 I see, thanks for that its just sad to hear they will put it down

[Stingray8854]

@sdgcx Yeah, that's just the reality of it here in the southern states. The good thing is, the animal is not wasted. The meat is sold to supermarkets (VERY tasty, by the way), and the hide, bones, even the fat is used for various products. About the fat, at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, recently it was discovered that it's chemical composition is very close to that of soybean oil, and they're researching ways to use it as bio diesel. Who knew?! Possibly a renewable, "green" fuel source.

[Chardymc]

i bet that gator lived there long before they built the houses there how can they put it down because they moved next to a swamp or whatever

[t88boost]

if a gator comes to my place and get put down, at least give me their skin and meat, cause it was caught at my house. now others will benefit from it.

[FishinBoat119]

That wasn't right by my book. Chris Rock did a good skit about that tiger that bit one of the two magicians. "That tiger didn't go crazy, That tiger went tiger"..lol Same thing applies, the gator doesn't abide by the law, just it's own instincts...relocate the damn thing...probably would of cost less and less paperwork..

[Stingray8854]

@FishinBoat119 They DO relocate them. They come back.

[FishinBoat119]

@Stingray8854 I don't know if you're from FL or not, but FL is the gator capital of the world, just outside of Louisiana. You can't tell a gator they're not welcome there. It's not like someone can just hand them an eviction notice, nor eradicate all the gator in the area. Nebraska has Tornadoes, Maine and vermont have blizzards, Texas has droughts, FL has gators, skeeters, hurricanes and snow birds who can't drive their way out of a car wash.

[SeerOfShadows]

For those of you who keep saying to relocate the gator, the fact of it is, with a gator that size, relocation almost never works. Gators are very territorial animals; it'll just go right back to where it was captured. That's why Florida destroys nuisance gators over 4 feet in length. If it makes you feel better, gators smaller than 4 feet are relocated.

[Stingray8854]

@SeerOfShadows It's good to see that you and a few other people on this thread have a grasp of the REALITY of this. Some people have this idea that it's always wrong to kill an animal, no matter the consequences. In this case, I figure most of them have never seen an alligator that wasn't confined to an enclosure at the zoo. They'd have to meet one face to face to get a different perspective, or have their OWN children or pets threatened.

[hectorgarcia123456]

MOTHER FUCKERS this pisses me off >:O FUCK PEOPLE LIKE THESE FAGGOTS

[hectorgarcia123456]

WHAT THE FUCK thats bull shit just bring it back to the wild where it belongs or maybee u fucking douche bags shouldnt live where gators have been since before ur punk asses were born, why does this vidio has no dislikes they killed the poor thing for being its self i would bite you too if u were trying to put somthing arround my neck well id beat the shit out of u but u know what i mean killing that gator is like killing a man for being white or black or whatever its fucked up

[Stingray8854]

@hectorgarcia123456 Dude, they DO relocate alligators. Sometimes they COME BACK and there's NO CHOICE but to kill it. And it's not always because people build on alligator habitat. I live in south Louisiana, in a small city of about 35,000 people, MILES from any swamp. It's over 200 years old, surrounded by dry land. This summer, a gator was found in our city park in a pond where children feed the ducks, and another one killed a dog in a wealthy neighborhood. Don't judge what you don't know.

[meankitty8]

That's how we do things in this country. If an animal is a nuisance we kill it. Never mind that we destroy the land where they live to build our homes. We flock to zoos to see these exotic creatures, but we can't tolerate them living near us. Relocate this beautiful alligator. There is no need to kill it!!!

[Stingray8854]

@meankitty8 No offense, I mean it, I'm NOT insulting you, but you're mistaken. I can't speak for all places, but where I live in south Louisiana, we're NOT destroying alligator habitat. We're actively PRESERVING our swamps and coastal wetlands. Yet alligators show up here too, in CITY PARKS and NEIGHBORHOODS, MILES from the swamps. There's MILLIONS of them. We DO relocate them. But often they return. This puts people, mostly our CHILDREN in danger. Sometimes, there's NO CHOICE but to kill them.

[CuddlySarah]

It's like they were home and didn't know it...

Homeowner: Opens front door from inside

Alligator:...

Homeowner: -looks down - ... O ______ O Holly .... Fuckin Shit ...

Aliigator: ... Come near ... I swear ... I WILL KICK YO ASS D:<

[bajanbash2k7]

holy shit!!! O_O

[chazytone]

fucken assholes it doesnt need to be put down!

[freestylesoccerx]

he just wanted to watch the final lakers game...

[tehnooblords]

humans build the house in their

gator just fallow its insticts to go back or something

[SADOWCLAW123]

if this happend in england i think id shit my pants