jcgriff2 Co-Founder / AdminBSOD Instructor/ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.) Staff member Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 21,542 Location New Jersey Shore Jan 17, 2023 #1 A guy reported finding a ~3' live alligator in a large plastic box container near his driveway upon returning home the other night - Young Alligator Found Abandoned in Plastic Bin on Empty New Jersey Lot The city where this occurred is a few miles inland from the beach, but there is no way that this ~2-year-old alligator crawled there and into the tote box from the Atlantic Ocean! The article says that North Carolina is about as far north as alligators are found in the US and are accustomed to warmer weather than freezing NJ winters offer. NC is at least 500 miles south of NJ.
A guy reported finding a ~3' live alligator in a large plastic box container near his driveway upon returning home the other night - Young Alligator Found Abandoned in Plastic Bin on Empty New Jersey Lot The city where this occurred is a few miles inland from the beach, but there is no way that this ~2-year-old alligator crawled there and into the tote box from the Atlantic Ocean! The article says that North Carolina is about as far north as alligators are found in the US and are accustomed to warmer weather than freezing NJ winters offer. NC is at least 500 miles south of NJ.
Gary R Forum Moderator, Security Analyst, Windows Update Analyst Staff member Joined Aug 13, 2021 Posts 3,016 Jan 18, 2023 #2 No doubt abandoned by some idiot who thought it would be cool to have a Gator as a pet, and then as it started growing, finally realised what a truly stupid idea that really was. Probably got the notion from Social Media, where so may stupid ideas are promulgated these days.
No doubt abandoned by some idiot who thought it would be cool to have a Gator as a pet, and then as it started growing, finally realised what a truly stupid idea that really was. Probably got the notion from Social Media, where so may stupid ideas are promulgated these days.