1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed to beat it to death with their shovels. picked by bornbad 5 months ago tags What’s Coming out of the Sewer Alligator |
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I can see your house from here... 7 comments edit related share technologyGoogle's street view service sits in the hinterland between awesome and really, really creepy and is now coming to the UK next year. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago |
Florida's public alligator hunt is underway, and the nighttime pursuit of trophy-sized specimens in the muggy marshlands is challenging and often unproductive. 1 comments edit related share plime.comBut Arianne Prevost of Satellite Beach was in the right place at the right time, and with the right people on Tuesday night during her first-ever gator hunt, as she used a crossbow to bag an 11-footer weighing perhaps 450 pounds. picked by nickcobb 2 months ago |
A four-foot alligator rescued in an abandoned school on fire in western Pennsylvania may have also started the blaze... the building's owner believes the alligator started the fire by knocking over a portable heater. picked by unstablefiend 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
"The tail of an alligator protruding from the ruptured gut of a python, which had swallowed its foe alive, bore witness to a fierce and unusual battle between two of the deadliest predators in Florida's swamps." 0 comments edit related share scienceI hope it's not a dupe, but it's too good to have been missed! picked by tdiggity 2 years ago |
This white alligator has it made in the shade. Without an alligator's normal dark camouflaging color, the new inhabitant at the Knoxville Zoo would not live long while exposed to predators or the sun. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Attitude the alligator had raised herself out of the water, head and tail pointing upward. Powerful contractions of her mid-section forced a series of low-pitched bellows resounding through the park. picked by suebe 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Officers found Beamon a few feet away from a 43-year-old, 800-pound alligator. 1 comments edit related share plime.comHowever, those who knew Beamon said this alligator wasn't merely any pond creature. Alfred has appeared in various commercials a movies and still earns royalty checks. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago |
Plagued by uninvited guests? Try throwing out a welcome mat like this. 4 comments edit related share plime.comThe 11-ft alligator was spotted lying very still on a suburban doorstep in Florida, doing its best to blend in with the garden decor. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago |
With his piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare alligator stands out like a sore thumb. 2 comments edit related share plime.comWeighing over 500 pounds, Bouya Blan is one of only 12 white alligators in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago |
When an alligator was reported loose on the streets of Bristol, police and the RSPCA snapped into action. picked by topofall 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
He's all white, extremely bright and gets uptight if he misses his mealtimes. 1 comments edit related share scienceOtherwise Whitey the albino alligator is just your common-or-garden loveable flesh-eating reptile (if you believe his handler). picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |
Two boys have been arrested after an attack near Doncaster left two other boys, aged nine and 11, in hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. picked by loonytoon 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Break dancing, the athletic high-energy street dance, is a uniquely U.S. phenomenon and the best break dancers or B-boys and B-girls are American, right? Wrong. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
An alligator was spotted Saturday sunbathing by a small pond in Long Island - a startling sight for a community just 35 miles from Manhattan. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Unable to collect drug money from a dealer, an armed man instead takes his pet alligator. picked by Skid 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
In Clearwater, Florida a group of people were caught on camera trying to steal an alligator. picked by speedracer 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
Members of the Seminole tribe near Hollywood, Florida put an ad in a local paper. They were looking for a new alligator wrestler. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sesame Street provides us with another gem. Curious of how crayons were made as a kid? I live next to the crayon factory, the process is still mostly the same, just a lot more automated. 0 comments edit related share plime.com(Is it just me or is the little girl in the beginning really scary?) picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago |
A homosexual foster couple were left free to sexually abuse vulnerable boys in their care because social workers feared being accused of discrimination if they investigated complaints. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 12 comments edit related share plime.com |
Google Inc. is introducing street-level map views of various U.S. cities, giving Web users a panoramic, 360-degree images as well as the overhead views Google Maps has offered. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |