Gator Bait
We continue to try to warn people about the animal uprising in spite of the funny looks and the recent visit by the nice man from the county health service inquiring about our mental capacity. And again today, we have a tale of horror barely averted. We have told readers about the nasty trick the alligator legions have of laying traps for people using a newspaper as bait. But since we tipped people off to that little trick, the raging reptile horde has shifted tactics. Now they are laying in wait for unsuspecting homeowners.
Disguising themselves as doormats.
HOLIDAY, Fla. - Police lights and a phone call woke Kevin Jessup at 4 a.m. "Good morning, sir," a deputy told him in the pre-dawn call Wednesday. "I advise you not to step out your front door. There's an alligator right there. A large one."
46-year-old plumber looked out a window to his porch.
"That was a sight to see," he told the St. Petersburg Times. "Like a big lizard."
Jessup went back to bed. One of his neighbors suggested the wandering alligator might be the reason the neighborhood's stray cat population has declined.
He went back to bed? Talk about paying no attention to the dangers we all face. Beware, people. Make sure that doormat is really a doormat before you step on it. We prefer the "poke it with a stick" method before stepping on it. Which, come to think about it, may be what led to the visit by that nice man.
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By J. R. Ford, Friday, 22 September , 2006 @ 7:52 pm
I am begining to be worried about your obsession with the lower classes of creatures. After all, they were in control long before Hupersonkind became the erect walking, nucular power they are today since Texas became a country. But now, we mammals have the weapons and determination to overcome the critters.
You should be more worried about crabgrass. It’s everywhere! I can’t get rid of it!
By Gaius, Friday, 22 September , 2006 @ 7:57 pm
Somehow the term “crabgrass uprising” doesn’t have the same ring…..
By old_dawg, Friday, 22 September , 2006 @ 10:20 pm
This is not so unusual. I have a picture from my dad’s golfing days at Patrick Air Force Base, FL. In the picture, there is an alligator lying completely across the seats of a golf cart. According to the rules of that course, you got a free drop if a gator ate your golf ball.
It seems to me that the problem is that we haven’t provided enough recerational activities for our furry/feathered/scaled friends. Maybe they need midnight basketball.