A gator weighing over 450 pounds had to be pulled from a highway in Tallahassee after it was struck by a semitruck. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife’s nuisance alligator contractor for Leon County, Broderick Vaughan, of Vaughan Gators LLC, the company got a call about the 463-pound gator around 12:15 a.m. on June 3. […]
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People living in a Houston-area suburb are worried about an alligator seen swimming in a lake with a kitchen knife sticking out of its head. KPRC-TV reports the gator has been spotted recently in Pumpkin Lake, in Sugar Land. Erin Weaver got close enough to see that the knife appeared to be near or inside the […]
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A Florida family got quite the shock when they woke up Friday morning – as an 11-foot alligator was inside their kitchen after breaking in to the home. Officials from the city of Clearwater posted on social media that the “unwanted” visitor entered the home through a window in the kitchen overnight and took up residence in […]
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A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression. Sixty-five-year-old Joie Henney, of York Haven, says his registered emotional support animal named Wally likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5-foot-long alligator. Philly.com reports Henney says he received approval from his doctor to use Wally as his emotional […]
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The massive alligator has become a viral star after video of him leisurely crossing a golf course went viral.
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An alligator attacked a woman who was walking her dog, pulling her underwater in a lagoon and killing her, authorities in South Carolina said. The attack happened around 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Sea Pines resort on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Witnesses say the woman was pulled […]
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A Florida deputy shot and killed a nearly 11-foot hissing alligator after it chased a teen girl up a tree. Jordan Broderick, 15, was floating on a raft in a creek near Alexander Springs Park in the Ocala National Forest where her family had been camping when the alligator approached on Friday. Jordan was unable […]
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Human body parts were found in the stomach of an a 12-foot alligator that was captured at a South Florida pond where it attacked and likely killed a woman Friday, officials said. The gator was captured after the woman was reported missing near the pond at Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park in the 5600 block […]
