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Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - Friday The 13th - 10-21-2010
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. â State officials are trying to determine how a 67-inch alligator took up residence in a western West Virginia wildlife management area.
The animal was found at the Upper Mud Wildlife Management Area in Lincoln County when Division of Natural Resources officials responded to a call from fishermen who reported seeing the alligator.
"There he was on the bank, eating a pretty good-sized bass," DNR Wildlife Resources Chief Curtis Taylor said Wednesday.
The alligator was killed Saturday because it was considered a threat to humans, he said.
"None of my guys have the skill or equipment to capture an alligator," he said. "An alligator could never survive the winter in West Virginia, never. Rather than let it suffer a slow death, I think we did the right thing."
Alligators are normally found from Texas to the North Carolina coast.
Curtis said the animal could have been living at the lake all summer, but officials won't know until after they examine it.
He said there are two possible scenarios for how the alligator got into the lake. It was either a pet that outgrew its welcome or it "was a spring break prank that went bad."
Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - mytee - 10-21-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. â State officials are trying to determine how a 67-inch alligator took up residence in a western West Virginia wildlife management area.
The animal was found at the Upper Mud Wildlife Management Area in Lincoln County when Division of Natural Resources officials responded to a call from fishermen who reported seeing the alligator.
"There he was on the bank, eating a pretty good-sized bass," DNR Wildlife Resources Chief Curtis Taylor said Wednesday.
The alligator was killed Saturday because it was considered a threat to humans, he said.
"None of my guys have the skill or equipment to capture an alligator," he said. "An alligator could never survive the winter in West Virginia, never. Rather than let it suffer a slow death, I think we did the right thing."
Alligators are normally found from Texas to the North Carolina coast.
Curtis said the animal could have been living at the lake all summer, but officials won't know until after they examine it.
He said there are two possible scenarios for how the alligator got into the lake. It was either a pet that outgrew its welcome or it "was a spring break prank that went bad."
Makes me feel really safe as I am about 4 hours away
Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - Friday The 13th - 10-21-2010
mytee Wrote:Makes me feel really safe as I am about 4 hours away
You live in or out of WV.?
I live in WV myself, but then again I ain't afraid of no Gator.
Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - mytee - 10-21-2010
Friday The 13th Wrote:You live in or out of WV.?
I live in WV myself, but then again I ain't afraid of no Gator.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OueJP1pRbKw"]YouTube - Alligator Attack![/ame]
I live in Brilliant Ohio just across the river from Follansbee and about 20 minutes north of Wheeling
Go Moutaineers!
Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - mytee - 10-21-2010
Check it out
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XtAkQJWXHU"]YouTube - Alligator Eats A Kid In The Pool! From the 1980 Horror Classic "Alligator".[/ame]
Another place where an alligator isnt supposed to be
Gator caught, killed in West Virginia - Friday The 13th - 10-23-2010
Oh from Ohio... I see
