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Related: About this forumWhy Did The Alligator Cross The Freeway? To Take A Bathroom Break.
At first, Deputy Michael Rust didn't believe the radio call.
A former Los Angeles police officer had spotted two women standing at a van parked near a Lancaster intersection Tuesday morning, Rust said. One reportedly was holding a 4-foot long alligator.
Worried the women would "abandon the beast in the desert" -- residents say abandoned dogs are a problem in the area -- the man called authorities, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said.
"When I heard it on the radio, I'm thinking, 'Yeah, an alligator. OK,'" Rust said. "Maybe an iguana, but an alligator?"
The women packed the reptile back into the van and drove off, officials said. The retired officer trailed the vehicle until deputies stopped it several miles away.
And, sure enough, there was an alligator inside, Rust said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-alligator-kangaroo-monkey-20130606,0,7012481.story
A former Los Angeles police officer had spotted two women standing at a van parked near a Lancaster intersection Tuesday morning, Rust said. One reportedly was holding a 4-foot long alligator.
Worried the women would "abandon the beast in the desert" -- residents say abandoned dogs are a problem in the area -- the man called authorities, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said.
"When I heard it on the radio, I'm thinking, 'Yeah, an alligator. OK,'" Rust said. "Maybe an iguana, but an alligator?"
The women packed the reptile back into the van and drove off, officials said. The retired officer trailed the vehicle until deputies stopped it several miles away.
And, sure enough, there was an alligator inside, Rust said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-alligator-kangaroo-monkey-20130606,0,7012481.story
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Why Did The Alligator Cross The Freeway? To Take A Bathroom Break. (Original Post)
Initech
Jun 2013
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. Fuck HuffPost, here's a link to the original LA Times Story.
Initech
(100,054 posts)2. Well the LA Times might get bought out by the Koch Roaches so pick yer poison.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Huffpost sends gremlins through the tubes that then eat your soul. Not that that's a bad thing.
rocktivity
(44,573 posts)4. Abandoned dogs are a "problem" in the area?
Last edited Sat Jun 8, 2013, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)
An abandoned alligator sounds like a pretty good solution!
rocktivity
But what eats alligators..?
Initech
(100,054 posts)6. Wasn't there a Simpsons episode...
Where they had an infestation of one animal, so they brought in the animal that eats that animal, then the animal that eats that animal, and so on until they found one that froze to death?