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Scuba Forum / General / March 2005Hey Jammer, I'm still waiting for you to take me to Florida like you promised . . .
Nine-foot alligator kills Florida man Forearm found in stomachThe Associated Press Updated: 12:07 a.m. ET March 16, 2005LAKELAND, Fla. - A man found dead in a pond was the victim of a nearly nine-foot alligator that was captured and killed, the medical examiner's office said Tuesday. Officials did not know what Don Owen, 56, a truck driver from Bartow, was doing at the pond about a dozen miles from his home. He had been missing since Wednesday when he was seen at a convenience store. On Saturday his remains were found by several men fishing in Six Pound Pond. An autopsy determined he had been killed by the eight-foot, nine-inch alligator, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Trappers caught the alligator Monday. Owen's forearm was found in its stomach. Residents said they had fed the alligator, which is illegal and dangerous, said Gary Morse, spokesman for the wildlife commission. Alligators normally flee from humans unless threatened or cornered, but alligators that have been fed by humans begin to look at them as a food source, he noted. Since 1948, 330 alligator attacks have been documented by the commission. Sixteen have been fatal, including Owen's. > He had been missing since Wednesday when he was seen at a convenience > store. Yeah, let's get right on that, babe. If a guy wanders out into the Florida night, and gets f.cking eaten alive by an alligator or a crocodile, what would that look like, if no one knew he was gone? It would look like a missing person, that's what it would look like. Are there any unsolved missing person cases in Florida? Yeah. That's what I thought. [shudder] Wouldn't you rather make a nice coldwater dive and see some nice, calm octopie, honey? I mean, since it's the only way WE'RE going to dive together...  Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > ? He had been missing since Wednesday when he was seen at a convenience > ? store. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > alive by an alligator or a crocodile, what would that look like, if no > one knew he was gone? Actually, I was kinda wondering where Grumann was. You know . . .convenience store . . .swamps . . . alligators. Sounds more than coincidental, don'tcha think? > It would look like a missing person, that's what it would look like. Until they found parts of him floating around. > Are there any unsolved missing person cases in Florida? There's at least one solved. Poor Owens, up to his armpit in it. > Yeah. That's what I thought. > > [shudder] > > Wouldn't you rather make a nice coldwater dive and see some nice, calm > octopie, honey? Hmm, I've never had a "nice" coldwater dive. I've had calamarie. Have you ever seen an octo turn turquoise at night? > I mean, since it's the only way WE'RE going to dive together... :^) > Have you ever seen an octo turn turquoise at night? Not turquoise. Colors, but not that color. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > > Have you ever seen an octo turn turquoise at night? emerald green, feeding. > Not turquoise. Colors, but not that color. > > -- > "We're going to rush the hijackers." > -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > ? He had been missing since Wednesday when he was seen at a convenience > ? store. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > alive by an alligator or a crocodile, what would that look like, if no > one knew he was gone? If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? > If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there > to hear it, does it make a sound? I think the victim would always hear them, if he/she were still alive. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 >> If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there >> to hear it, does it make a sound? > >I think the victim would always hear them, if he/she were still alive. Not the sound of the skull crushing. JF > >> If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there > >> to hear it, does it make a sound? > > > >I think the victim would always hear them, if he/she were still alive. > > Not the sound of the skull crushing. two reports from survivors of large cat attacks: "I will never forget the sound of the fangs scraping along my skull..." > JF >> >> If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there >> >> to hear it, does it make a sound? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >"I will never forget the sound >of the fangs scraping along my skull..." Yuck. JF > >> >> If an alligator grinds bones in the swamp, and there is no one there > >> >> to hear it, does it make a sound? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Yuck. tippi... > JF > Yeah. That's what I thought. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I mean, since it's the only way WE'RE going to dive together... Maybe a nice trip to dive the Great Barrier Reef http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/australia.shark.ap/index.html |
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