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Karma's a bitch: Car burglar flees police, nabbed by gator instead
Hindsight being what it is, an unidentified thief (allegedly) burglarizing cars behind the Miccosukee Resort in Dade County, Florida might have picked a different hunting ground had he known that he'd become the hunted. And we mean that in the most literal sense. You see, witnesses called the cops on the burglar while he was breaking into cars, and the boys in blue arrived on the scene and gave chase. Hoping to elude the fuzz, the suspect dove into a pond behind the resort and casino where he was greeted by a 9-foot alligator unfamiliar with the concept of Miranda rights. Unfortunately for the suspected burglar, the gator was of the aggressive and unpleasant variety, and thus, a law-breaking career came to a grisly and unexpected end. He'd have been a lot better off spending the night in the clink instead of heading into the drink. Unfortunately for the gator vigilante, Florida fish & wildlife reps saw to it that he followed his erstwhile prey into the afterlife.
Follow the jump for local news video.
[Source: AP via Breitbart]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
riggs 11:39AM (11/14/2007)
"where he was greeted by a 9-foot alligator unfamiliar with the concept of Miranda rights"
haha quoted for hilarity
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Daniel 11:47AM (11/14/2007)
I hate when they kill an animal in it's own habitat minding it's own business. I guess they felt it necessary in case it developed a taste for human flesh..
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nissanfreak87 11:52AM (11/14/2007)
you can't have aggressive animals around people, I would have preferred them move it to the everglades or something, but if the animal killed someone, it's dangerous, and that's usually what happens to dangerous animals.
Daniel 1:00PM (11/14/2007)
This place is in the everglades, not like the gator was on south beach. I live on the Gulf Coast and gators are EVERYWHERE. Not to mention water moccasins (sp) and brown recluse spiders. If you jump into a swamp, you're liable to get eaten.
John 1:09PM (11/14/2007)
And here I was hoping they'd relocate the gator to other areas with high levels of vehicle-related crime.
Corey W. 1:59PM (11/14/2007)
Agreed, what the h*ll did they expect it to do. What gator isn't aggressive?!?!?
roche789 12:07AM (11/20/2007)
The only gator that isn't aggresive is a procrastigator.
Mr. Oak 11:50AM (11/14/2007)
This more than makes up for my stolen Garmin 660 SAT Nav system. All of a sudden I am no longer angry.
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SuperJen 9:23PM (11/15/2007)
I have that exact same model. It is awesome! Sorry for your loss.
Steve_S 11:59AM (11/14/2007)
I think the moral of this story is don’t do the crime unless you can wrestle an alligator.
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Robert 12:39PM (11/14/2007)
Was the car a Porsche Cayman?
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mikomi 1:00PM (11/14/2007)
Good one!
roche789 9:24PM (11/15/2007)
It was a Cadillac Everglades (Escalade).
Xcountryflyer 12:45PM (11/14/2007)
Crime never pays!
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Patrick Austin 2:23PM (11/14/2007)
Getting caught never pays.
roche789 9:27PM (11/15/2007)
Get caught by an alligator and you won't have to worry about pay.
HineyWipe 12:45PM (11/14/2007)
"Crikey!" He's reincarnated into a crime-stopping gator!
(Karma...comes back and gets the bad guy!)
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Bananas 1:41PM (11/14/2007)
Oh how I love a good story! This has to be one of the BEST stories I have ever read on this site. Thank you AutoBlog!
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Kimosabi 1:43PM (11/14/2007)
Wow, what an anti theft device! Too bad we don't have alligators here in Canada, but a polar bear will be just as affective.
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David W. 1:43PM (11/14/2007)
If he was from the area...shouldn't he have known better?
I know that if I lived anywhere in gator country, I wouldn't jump into murky water, because those things could be anywhere...hell I don't jump into murky water here in North Texas...we have to worry about cottonmouths...which are pretty aggressive
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