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Initech

(100,054 posts)
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 02:01 PM Jun 2013

Why 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
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Why Did The Alligator Cross The Freeway? To Take A Bathroom Break. (Original Post) Initech Jun 2013 OP
Fuck HuffPost, here's a link to the original LA Times Story. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1
Well the LA Times might get bought out by the Koch Roaches so pick yer poison. Initech Jun 2013 #2
Huffpost sends gremlins through the tubes that then eat your soul. Not that that's a bad thing. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #3
Abandoned dogs are a "problem" in the area? rocktivity Jun 2013 #4
DU'zy denbot Jun 2013 #5
Wasn't there a Simpsons episode... Initech Jun 2013 #6
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
3. Huffpost sends gremlins through the tubes that then eat your soul. Not that that's a bad thing.
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 02:17 PM
Jun 2013

rocktivity

(44,573 posts)
4. Abandoned dogs are a "problem" in the area?
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 04:27 PM
Jun 2013

Last edited Sat Jun 8, 2013, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

An abandoned alligator sounds like a pretty good solution!


rocktivity

Initech

(100,054 posts)
6. Wasn't there a Simpsons episode...
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 02:41 AM
Jun 2013

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?

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