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(OT) Interesting Phone Call
--Nathaniel Hawthorne
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... "~*LiveLoveLaugh*~" wrote in message ... "Matthew" wrote in message g.com... "jmcquown" wrote in message ... Got a phone call yesterday morning around 9AM... it was my neighbor who is owned by Schwartzie and Fedders. She said, "Did you know you have an alligator in your back yard?" What?!!! We looked out back... sure enough, there was a 5 foot alligator sunning itself by the pine tree. I called security. They sent a woman out with a long pole with a wire loop on the end of it. She snagged it around the neck. It started doing what you see crocodiles doing in the 1930's Johnny Weismueller Tarzan films, rolling over and over. Then it dug it's feet in... it was acting like a cat that didn't want to be walked on a leash. No, no, I won't go! LOL She dragged it across the street behind another house where there is a pond. As soon as it saw the water, splash! Time to take a swim and get away from these crazy people. Meanwhile, the neighbor was holding back Fedders who was trying desperately to go play with the new neighborhood lizard. Jill If you live near a lake that has gators in it Which in Florida every water source has them You need to install a alligator proof fence it prevents them from getting over a fence which they can do and will do. Any outside pet will be lunch for them. You can't out run a gator on land. Specially dogs have the tendency to say hey what is in my yard and than gulp why is it so dark in here. The fence basically needs to be wire mess or solid 5 foot high and it has barbs that protrude down snagging the gator from climbing over and buried a couple feet down they can dig under it also. ------ My house went up on the market last week. I'm moving back to Jacksonville, FL... which is where I'm from. My realtor keeps sending me a few homes that are on or near the water (mostly ponds). My cats are indoor kitties, but I have a Chihuahua and a mini-Dachshund. Talk about Kentucky Fried Chicken for a gator!! And I thought that all gators over 4 feet were removed from housing developments/town home communities, etc.... ??? Laurie Removed? Who forgot to tell the alligators? Jill They may well have been removed. However, that doesn't mean they stayed where they were removed to, or that other gators couldn't invade. Obviously, one did. Joy |
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(OT) Interesting Phone Call
On 7.6.2011 23:22, Judith Latham wrote:
In , jmcquown wrote: Meanwhile, the neighbor was holding back Fedders who was trying desperately to go play with the new neighborhood lizard. Jill And I thought it was exciting to have a badger visit our garden. Well, I'd certainly much rather have a badger than an alligator in my garden! -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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(OT) Interesting Phone Call
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:59:31 +0300, Marina
wrote: On 7.6.2011 23:22, Judith Latham wrote: In , jmcquown wrote: Meanwhile, the neighbor was holding back Fedders who was trying desperately to go play with the new neighborhood lizard. Jill And I thought it was exciting to have a badger visit our garden. Well, I'd certainly much rather have a badger than an alligator in my garden! I'll stick with my possums. |
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