Hoi!
Ben me heerlijk aan het verheugen en voorbereiden op een tripje naar Florida, maar waar ik ook kijk en kom, overal zie ik afbeeldingen van die enge beestjes! Een prachtige palmenstrandfoto van Captiva, en ja hoor, daar ligt weer zo'n groot leren monster. Hoe realistisch is dat nou allemaal? Moet je ze echt in de Everglades gaan zoeken of zijn jullie ze wel eens spontaan elders tegengekomen? En hoe weet je nou of ze honger hebben? Mijn zus in Amerika stuurde me prompt onderstaand krantenberichtje, toen ik het haar voorlegde. Let daarbij niet op de laatste zin. Graag jullie advies/gerustelling/ervaringen!
Bai,
Maartje
Nine-foot alligator kills Florida man
Forearm found in stomach
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET March 16, 2005
LAKELAND, Fla. - A man found dead in a pond was the victim of a nearly nine-foot alligator that was captured and killed, the medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.
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Officials did not know what Don Owen, 56, a truck driver from Bartow, was doing at the pond about a dozen miles from his home. He had been missing since Wednesday when he was seen at a convenience store.
On Saturday his remains were found by several men fishing in Six Pound Pond. An autopsy determined he had been killed by the eight-foot, nine-inch alligator, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
Trappers caught the alligator Monday. Owen’s forearm was found in its stomach.
Residents said they had fed the alligator, which is illegal and dangerous, said Gary Morse, spokesman for the wildlife commission.
Alligators normally flee from humans unless threatened or cornered, but alligators that have been fed by humans begin to look at them as a food source, he noted.
Since 1948, 330 alligator attacks have been documented by the commission. Sixteen have been fatal, including Owen’s.
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