Alligator Found In Virginia Reservoir - LOOK OUT UNDERPANTS

[matcom]

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Federal wildlife officials are hunting for a 3-foot alligator seen lolling in a suburban reservoir. The reptile, first seen Saturday on the surface of Falling Creek Reservoir, is feeding on fish and is not considered a threat to residents, officials said.

"It poses really no threat to anybody unless somebody starts messin' with it or grabs its tail," Alice Berry, Chesterfield County's manager of animal control, said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's wildlife services program has been called in to capture the animal and relocate it to warmer climes, she said.

"You can assume it was a captive animal and was released," said Joseph Mitchell, a University of Richmond reptile expert.

The animal could be an American alligator, a crocodile or a caiman, Mitchell said. To most people, the reptilian relatives look alike from a distance.

The closest population of natural, breeding alligators is in mainland Dare County, N.C., just west of Manteo. Crocodiles can be found in South Florida, and caimans inhabit Central and South America.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/18/alligator_surfaces_in_virginia_reservoir/

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Go ahead underpants, grab its tail...

They are really overstating it...

:P

[underpants]

2. Just as long as it doesn't makes it way to the James and get an M16

Last week some divers found 5 or 6 M16s and other gun parts and two parking meters. They found them near a public fishin' dock and where the Annabel Lee docks. The Annabel Lee (named after yet another person who at one point live in Richmond and then got the hell out-see Arther Ashe) has a horrible buffet and the absolute worst live entertainment you can even imagine which you can only escape by going on the top deck. The one time I went on this "cruise" up the James we all got enjoy an obviously highly intoxicated Jimmy Dean addressing us from his riverside estate (complete with a big JD spelled out in bushes) I think he owns the Annabel Lee or something-that is the turn around spot on the trip where Mr.Dean offers his insight via a radio hook up.

Come to think of it if we could get the alligator some weapons and direct it towards the sausage man's estate..... :think:

[Zuni]

3. but who will supply my cravings for tasty breakfast meats?

[underpants]

4. The who with the what?

[Zuni]

5. mmmmmm..........

[Samurai_Writer]

6. 3 feet long?

Heck, in Florida we'd laugh at that and consider it an overgrown lizard.