One tough Alligator

[mjrodney]

Bullets Bounce Off 13-foot,
1,000 Pound Alligator

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida [NMT/WKMG] -- A 13-foot, 1,000-pound alligator considered to be one of the largest ever seen in Seminole County was captured after several complaints about missing pets in the area, Orlando television station WKMG-TV reported.

"He posed a threat to the public and that is why we took him," alligator trapper Jerry Flint said.

A motorist spotted the giant alligator roaming along state Road 17-92 near Lake Monroe and said it was poised to strike.

When trappers arrived to the area, they tried to take it down with bullets. Flint said two .45-caliber bullets bounced off the alligator's tough skin.

A bang stick was eventually used to kill the reptile, WKMG said.

 

[Mulliganpaintdee]

woah! Bullet proof gator hide. Skin it, gut it, and fire em up. Some good eatin

 

[Scanr]

Don't forget the bullet proof boots.

 

[Deer Hunter]

Bullet proof handbag, maybe?

 

[Crunker1337]

.45ACP is a pretty slow and fat round. A faster more slim round, like a .357SIG or a 9mm may have worked.

This is, of course, ignoring the more obvious solution of an intermediately powered rifle.

 

[Smurfslayer]

Isn't it a felony to be wearing body armor in the commision of being a reptile?

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Isn't it a felony to be wearing body armor in the commision of being a reptile?

Reptile is slanderous, politically incorrect name calling. The correct expression is Amphibian American.

 

[Harley Quinn]

Reptile is slanderous, politically incorrect name calling. The correct expression is Amphibian American.

 

[birddog]

Reptile is slanderous, politically incorrect name calling. The correct expression is Amphibian American.

Tracker, you made my day!

 

[Mannlicher]

Big gator. Most of the ones I have killed were much smaller, and a .22 usually did the deed.

 

[Thek9]

Poor old gator.

 

[bakert]

A motorist spotted the giant alligator roaming along state Road 17-92 near Lake Monroe and said it was poised to strike.

???? Poised to strike?? At what?

The correct expression is Amphibian American.
Today 03:45 PM

Ghost Tracker is right. Gotta be politically correct.

 

[12Bravo20]

There's time to be politically correct after the gator is cooked and served.

 

[Gator]

Poor ole Bob, I knew him well. We always warned him his appetite for cats would get him in trouble

And Gators ain't amphibians!

 

[Seancass]

they where probly far away and the bullets skimmed off the top of it. and dont cops normally have rifles handy?

 

[Heavy Metal Hero]

Wait...you mean they were using EXTREME SHOCK!!!! ammo?

 

[armoredman]

Ghost Tracker, thanks for the laugh!

 

[The Bushmaster]

1,000 lbs!?!!...WOW!!! Pickup seat covers...!!

 

[REPOMAN]

hungry gator

???? Poised to strike?? At what?

Hell Bakert, with him so mean the .45's were bouncing off of him....we was probably going to try and eat one of those new Toyota hybrids....

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

Gators of all sizes(including the large 13' ones) are typically dispatched with a .22lr. Sounds like these fools didn't know what they were doing which isn't much of a surprise. Before I lived in Florida I thought a 13' alligator was unheard of until I saw one.

When trappers arrived to the area, they tried to take it down with bullets. Flint said two .45-caliber bullets bounced off the alligator's tough skin.

A bang stick was eventually used to kill the reptile, WKMG said.

Another thing I don't understand is how is using a bangstick different than "using bullets"?

 

[Diggers]

ITs NOT. But really bang stick? Really? They make something better its called a shotgun.

 

[CoRoMo]

Amphibian American

I'll have to use that line for a few laughs... and I'll credit you Tracker!!
Good stuff.

 

[40SW]

Why would you use a slow round like a .45ACP on a gator? Makes no sense.
You want maximum penetration. A .223 makes far more sense. In a handgun I would use a 10mm or a .357SIG. ,but only as a last resort.

 

[CajunBass]

A motorist spotted the giant alligator roaming along state Road 17-92 near Lake Monroe and said it was poised to strike.

???? Poised to strike?? At what?

Obviously a union gator.

 

[AtticusThraxx]

I think a bang stick is a shotgun shell setoff by contact, triggering a Co2 cartridge that fires it. Same concept as nail gun if I remember right.