Darwin award winner....

[Roscoe]

Local10.com

Man Trying To Escape Police Killed By Gator
Police Not Releasing Victim's Identity

POSTED: 9:02 pm EST November 12, 2007
UPDATED: 3:44 pm EST November 13, 2007

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man who allegedly was fleeing police was attacked and killed by an alligator in a pond, Local 10 reported.

Miccosukee police, assisted by Sweetwater canine units, responded to a call on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation about vehicles being broken into.

Local 10's Todd Tongen said police captured one man, but another fled on foot and dove into a retention pond. Signs warned of the danger of live alligators in the pond behind the casino and hotel.

Eyewitnesses said they were shouting to the man to swim back to shore. When the man finally spotted the alligator, eyewitnesses said he screamed but then disappeared under the water.

The alligator and another smaller one were later trapped and brought to All American Gator in Pembroke Park.

Local 10 learned the larger alligator was well known on the reservation and employees had nicknamed it Poncho.

If an alligator either digests or kills a person it's a state law through Florida Fish and Wildlife that it be destroyed, so the alligator will be put in an incinerator or be buried, Tongen reported.

All American Gator Owner Brian Wood said he's been told to keep the alligator in storage until the Miami-Dade medical examiner can inspect the reptile.

"Some gators have a nasty disposition and he was a nasty gator. He seemed to have no fear of people which indicates that he was fed," said Wood.

The body was recovered Friday by divers 50 feet below at the bottom of the lake.

Local 10 learned the man was bitten on the head several times. Miccosukee police issued a no comment statement when Local 10 inquired about the victim's identity.

[427 S/O]

I read that this morning, talk about justice........

[bomelia]

If an alligator either digests or kills a person it's a state law through Florida Fish and Wildlife that it be destroyed, so the alligator will be put in an incinerator or be buried, Tongen reported.

Would it be killed first, or burned or burried alive?

I really hate the way local reporters for TV stations write. We can screw up here all day (and I know I do), but our audience is quite limited (pun perhaps intended??)

Mike

BTW, the part about digests or kills a person was a bit wierd too.

[Excaliber]

All right you, OUT of the gene pool!

[HI Cobra]

Sounds like the gator was "detaining" the fugitive who happened to
drown in the process. They should reward it rather than kill it!

[Wes Tausend]

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The captured guy must have had a range of feelings over this. Disappointed he didn't escape too. Thankful he didn't. Perhaps related, perhaps admiring the smart brother. Perhaps not any more. Wondering about the Darwin theory. Theory fear creeping in the mix...


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