[Groucho] And what that alligator was doing with a garbage bin, I’ll never know. [/Groucho]
Finally, a heroic deed by the much-maligned Florida Man, who too often is the subject of bad press. A year-long resident of Florida officially earned local status when he noticed an alligator in his neighbor’s front yard, took a garbage bin to capture it, then released it into the wild.
What a Grade A moron.
Stranger
Not his first rodeo.
I like that the alligator starts backing away as soon as it sees the open garbage can, as if it’s thinking “Oh, crap! Not this again!”
Regardless, it clearly has some notion of what’s coming.
Made it onto Jimmy Kimmel’s “Today in Florida” segment.
“Holy shit, look at the jaws on that thing!”
I’d have left it for the garbage man.
Hey, the guy’s only been a Florida man for a year. Wait to see what he’s really capable of.
I saw some comments elsewhere about the unlucky raccoon that checks out that can and “Garbage man’s problem now!”
I guess the kind of person who thinks “Maybe I should put on actual shoes for this, and some gloves”, just continues to think “or maybe I should just rethink the whole thing and call animal control.”
aka “across the street” in Florida.
Yeah, that gator will be back. I’m glad it wasn’t hurt.
Gator likes to travel, they all kinda look the same.
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Chris Cuomo interviewed him on CNN.
I was kinda impressed he did it wearing socks and shower shoes. Florida Man never fails to amuse.
Actually… that wasn’t a bad capture. Sure, real shoes/boots and gloves might help, but honestly, I though he made good use of the bin for the purpose, and keeping it between him and the gator provided some protection.
Hey, any mook can capture a gator in proper boots and gloves. Doing it while rocking the white socks and Adidas slides is low-key OG.
But, to be fair, he was wearing a shirt. That’s formal dress for Florida Man.
He told Cuomo he had seven daughters, and they’d heard a hissing sound while out playing. One more reason not to move to Florida.
Are there reasons to move to Florida?
Stranger
It’s the poor man’s Hawaii.