# Another Alligator news story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-alligator-news-story/325034>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-alligator-news-story/325034 "2005-10-06T11:37:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-alligator-news-story/325034/1 "2005-10-06T11:37:40Z")

</div>

Is [this story](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm) a hoax or really real? 😕

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-alligator-news-story/325034/2 "2005-10-06T13:02:17Z")

</div>

> [@Pushkin](#):
>
> Is [this story](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm) a hoax or really real? 😕

It’s real. Here’s our local (respected) [newspaper story](http://www.stpetetimes.com/2005/10/06/State/Gator_vs_python_ends_.shtml) on this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-alligator-news-story/325034/3 "2005-10-06T13:20:15Z")

</div>

And [here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=338408) the other thread about it.