San Antonio police spent early Sunday trying to get an alligator off of Loop 410:
And it wasn’t going to be scared easily. Police yelled and threw orange traffic cones at the gator, but it wasn’t impressed. It snapped the cones and flung them away — even taking a chunk out of a patrol car’s bumper.
Finally, using a lasso and metal poles, officers coaxed the alligator back into a drainage ditch leading to Mitchell Lake, where it probably lives.
This story made me think of three things:
1. Isn’t it a sign of the times that, no matter where you are, there are an abundance of orange construction cones available to throw at wayward alligators?
2. Doesn’t San Antonio issue guns to its policemen? (Sorry PETA.)
3. How many tow trucks were lined up to haul the gator away?
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My thought went straight to #2… Shoot it! If that don’t work, use a bigger gun…. This will do:
http://www.anzioironworks.com/20MM-TAKE-DOWN-RIFLE.htm
#1 Ironman, I love it! That Goose neck adapter mount would be just the thing for Red-Neck shooting!
I think someone here showed me that about a year ago.. I think it was big45iron…
It then replaced anything else as my #1 ot have rifle.
It kinda puts the Barrett 50 in the back seat.
officers coaxed the alligator back into a drainage ditch leading to Mitchell Lake, where it probably lives.
What - put it back to a ditch leading to Mitchell Lake - PLEASE keep all children and small animals away from mitchell lake!
The SA Express News story is pretty good (a rarity) and a lot better than this chintzy Chronicle’s summary:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/traffic/stories/MYSA043007.01A.gator_country.35389a2.html
The officers didn’t shoot because the gator wasn’t threatening anyone.
We’re gentle people here in San Anton’ -
we prefer to shoot each other
and leave the wildlife alone.
We could send some SafeClear tow trucks over there…
About 10 years ago an adult alligator showed up in a drainage ditch that runs past the YMCA in Richmond. The police were called, kept the curious out of harms way, and decided catching and removing it was properly the realm of a wildlife officer from Brazos Bend State Park.
The officer arrived, a petite lady she was, and speculated the visitor was a male looking for a mate in all the wrong places. This being breeding season, he was a bit testy. She got duct tape from her truck, walked to the ditch bank, jumped on the gator’s back, grabbed his snout and wrapped the tape around it, then taped his eyes shut. The officers watching on the bank were astounded.
Then she asked for help hauling him out of the ditch and hoisting him into the back of her truck. He outweighed her–and everybody else– considerably. The officers, still amazed, loaded him, and off he went to Brazos Bend to try his courting luck there. This was a front-page story in the local newspaper.
One of the thousand uses for duct tape.
8. Adee
I spent several years in Mississippi (and before the jokes arrive, let me tell you it has a helluva lot more to recommend it than many of the northern states), and I can testify that duct tape is a staple.