News chopper spots alligator eating body of plane crash victim
[The victim is blurred out on the video.]
The student pilot, who apparently violated the FBO’s ‘night’ rules, was the only occupant.
interestingly, the same 1978 Cessna 152 made a forced landing in December, 2015.
So who says the in-flight meal is always terrible?
The gator quite enjoyed the legsana.
Actually, I think it was Nigerian cuisine.
I hope it wasn’t the Prince. He owes me money.
One man’s plane crash feeds an entire swamp.
A good reminder of the hierarchy of predators and scavengers.
My phone is too slow here so I can’t follow the link. Anything say how the alligator was able to pull it off? I can’t even get pizza delivered here. . .
The FBO owner thinks the pilot, Mark Ukaere, suffered spatial disorientation. [Link]
I am not an accident investigator, but this photo would contain clues if I was one. For example, I don’t see any disturbance of the ground, that would point to forward motion. Of course it’s a swamp. But I’d expect to see something. The empennage is broken off to the left, and much of the debris is to the right, suggesting the aircraft was turning to the left on impact. The cockpit and forward are completely smashed, suggesting a steep nose-down angle when it hit. Again, IANAAI; but to my untrained eye, it looks like he augured in – which I think would be the outcome if Mr. Dean is correct.
[Samuel L. Jackson]
I have had it with these mothereffing alligators on this mothereffing plane!!!
[/Samuel L. Jackson]
Once a body his dead, how is it relevant (much less, newsworthy) what species of scavengers eat the remains?
Get in line, bub!!
The potential for dark humor.
♬ You’re flying across the ocean when you hear your engine spit
You see your prop come to a stop, the God-damned engine’s quit
The ship won’t float, you cannot swim, the shore is miles behind
You’ll be a dish for happy fish but you will never mind
You’ll never mind, You’ll never mind… ♬
Dead people should be eaten by worms, like God intended!
Are they sure the alligator didn’t order appetizers to go with his meal?
What that alligator was doing in my plane, I’ll never know!
Buzzards got to eat same as worms…
Dennis
I’m reminded of the concluding couplet in one of Ogden Nash’s poems about the zoologist and literary perfectionist Professor Twist being informed that his wife had just been eaten by an alligator:
Professor Twist could not but smile.
“You mean, he said, a crocodile!”
See ya later, navigator.
I’ve heard of crunchy frog before, but never crunchy human before.
:eek: