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http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/denton-county/2015/06/16/alligator-gater-lewisville-lake/28816485/

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LEWISVILLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tweeted out a photo of a 9-foot alligator that was spotted Monday near a ditch at Lewisville Lake.

"An approximately 9-foot gator was seen in a drainage ditch at the toe of the dam on the downstream side," wrote The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on their Fort Worth District Facebook page. "It was near the Elm Fork of the Trinity River adjacent to a swampy area that is currently inundated with water being released from the lake."

The sighting isn't terribly unusual, according to the USACE_FortWorth.

"Lewisville Lake personnel see alligators occasionally but this one was ready for its close up," the post read.

They also warned residents to never approach or feed a gator.



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Don't pet the gators FWM!

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But they just want to play with you....


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LOL! I will keep my eyes open, NJN!

Thanks for the warning!biggrin



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I did pet a gator once.

 

I was in New Orleans at a meeting, there were street performers and parties outside.

One of the performers had a long snake ...

 

and one had this alligator.

 

When I put my hand on it, the spot I was touching got colder and colder.

 



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Wayne got up close to a gator once, a few years ago. I was a nervous wreck, taking that picture.

Thankfully, he didn't turn and run at Wayne.

We named the little guy "Boots".

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There was totally an X-Files episode on this. They were hunting 'Big Blue' which was like a Loch Ness sort of thing, and it turned out to be an alligator eating people who were in the lake!

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I petted one in the Everglades after a gator wrestling show.

I understand they start to spit or something just before they lunge.

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The kids got to hold a little one when they were younger.

I freaked myself out with a big one once.

At the Alligator farm thing at Barefoot landing. No barrier or rail of any kind at this one enclosure. Just two chain link fences about an inch apart.

I was standing there my toes about an inch from the fence trying to find the alligators in the water.

Then I see the sign, Largest known alligator in captivity.

So I start looking for a big alligator.

I lean in just a bit and something moves at my feet.

I look down and catch my son, as mom and the kids come up behind me, as he goes to grab the fence.

That great big, black, gator was right at my feet.

I yanked Jesse up and scared him with my reaction.

I scared the gator too I think.



-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Wednesday 17th of June 2015 02:21:06 PM

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I held a little one in New Orleans. He was a wiggly thing & strong for how small he was.

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Somewhere I have a picture of a couple albino alligators I saw at that gator farm. Beautiful creatures.

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I had a similar experience at an alligator farm, lily. Why oh why don't they put protective barriers up? Pretty unnerving for sure.

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All the other enclosures had a good foot or more between the person and the fence. Even those that have the extremely steep sides no animal could climb.

But this one. I just don't get it.

But this is the same place that had a lemur habitat in the reptile house. About 100 snakes in various displays and 10 lemurs in the corner.

It was morbidly humorous.

Even Jesse commented about how close lunch was for the snakes.

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