Florida Man Arrested Trying To Lasso Alligator And Ties It To Fence
A Florida man is in some serious trouble after he tried to lasso an alligator who was swimming in a nearby canal. The man said he found the alligator a nuisance because he kept eating beloved animals in the area. That’s when the man came up with an idea to get rid of it. He later called 911 to report the gator being tied up at a fence hoping no one would find out it was him. The man claimed to have found the reptile that way, but investigators quickly discovered it was him the entire time.
Florida Man Arrested Trying To Lasso Alligator:
Robert Colin, 71, from Cape Canaveral is now facing a felony charge of injuring a gator without authority after police arrived to capture a gator nearby. According to FoxNews35, “Colin allegedly used a white nylon rope to lasso the gator around its upper jaw and tied the reptile to a handrail. After capturing the alligator, Colin called 911 and told deputies he found the gator tied to the handrail.” However, when police reviewed video footage from the area it told a completely different story.
In the video footage, it showed Colin using the white nylon rope to create a loop to catch the gator. Colin later admitted that the gator was a nuisance in the neighborhood because he had begun eating turtles about three years ago. Colin said he would walk to feed the turtles but also admitted to feeding several gators in the area. He said he called animal control several times but never got a response and wanted to protect any other animals in the area like cats or dogs. Colin’s was arrested for a felony even though he said he was never told about the crime from police. Sadly, the gator ultimately had to be euthanized.
The 5 Most Dangerous Animals In Florida
Great White Shark
Yes, Great White Sharks are found in the waters around Florida. A almost 1,200 pound shark that was almost 13 feet in length was tracked back in March of this year.
Bull Shark
#1 and #2 on the list are sharks. They are in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. They grow to about 11 feet and can live about 24 years.
Alligator
Alligators live in all 67 counties in Florida. You can find alligators in any body of water including lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps and man-made canals. We’ve seen multiple reports this year of gator attacks, even some fatal ones.
Eastern Dimondback Rattlesnake
They are found in pine flatwoods, longleaf pine and turkey oak hammocks, sand pine scrub areas, and coastal barrier islands. Yes it is venomous.
Cottonmouth Snake
It is venomous and can be found throughout Florida. It is called a cottonmouth because of the white color of the inside of its mouth.
