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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Alligator found in Central Park | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 7:49 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | June 19, 2001 -- A slithering, evil-eyed alligator is lurking where New Yorkers least expect it - in an otherwise peaceful lake in Central Park. The 2-foot snapping reptile was spotted by up to 25 people at the Harlem Meer near 110th Street last weekend, sources said. "This could be New York's very own Loch Ness Monster," laughed sunbather Patrick Hart yesterday. "We're bound to have sightings of it all over the city!" The first report came when an 8-year-old girl and her little sister were fishing with their off-duty cop dad at the side of the lake Saturday. The stunned little girl pulled her 5-year-old sister away from the snapper while calling for her dad - who was busy fishing and didn't even turn to look because he didn't believe her, sources said. He eventually told some park employees, who hopped in a boat to try to corral the baby beast. But the would-be alligator wrestlers could only paddle after the creature in vain as it cavorted in the lake's 9-foot-deep waters. During the low-speed chase, the grinning gator frequently popped his head above water, then disappeared in a swirl as the boat inched closer with a Parks Department worker at the bow barking out directions. "It was hysterical - like Napoleon crossing the Delaware or something," one source said, chuckling. Parks Commissioner Henry Stern said the city's Rollerbladers and sunbathers are safe, unless . . . "Unless you smear yourself with honey and stick your toes in the Meer, you'll be fine," Stern joked. "A lot of people are excited and looking around for it, but it hasn't been seen since Saturday." Stern said the creature may only be a foot long, but it could grow bigger feasting on Central Park fish, and needs to be captured before the weather turns cold. Alligators cannot survive a New York winter. Parks officials want to catch this one and ship it to Florida - as they did with a 3-foot gator spotted in a Queens park several years ago and wrestled to the ground by a city worker. "Alligators are no strangers to the city's ponds," Stern admitted. Officials suspect the latest lizard tale began when some thoughtless New Yorker got the alligator as a pet, then dumped it in Central Park when it got too big. Most park-goers seemed unfazed by news of the snapping, meat-eating jaws lounging somewhere in the weeds, and insisted they wouldn't be scared out of the park. "I'd probably be a bit shocked if I saw it, but it wouldn't bother me too much," said Clovia Chisolm, a police supervisor from The Bronx. "Parents should keep an eye out for their kids, though." Babysitter Ifat Assulin said it was time to call in a pro to handle the monster: famous TV croc hunter Steve Irwin. "He wouldn't be scared of it, and he'd know exactly how to trap it," Assulin said.  | ||||
| danked Dankarella! | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 7:52 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 00 | just don't let it get into the sewers... we all know what happens then. Thanks for the sig, Jolene... The Waldorf to my Statler Now adopting! Thanks, Froy... This message was edited by danked on 6-19-01 @ 7:53 AM | ||||
| Lt_Boogaloo | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 8:08 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Is Betty White feeding the alligators? (obscure movie reference) And how exactly is an alligator "evil-eyed"? -- It's a grid! -- Breasts!! One More Shot! One More Beer!!  ltboogaloo@yahoo.com AIM - ltboogaloo I just adopted IslesBaby00 (6/13) | ||||
| mxomatrix One of the Teen Tomatoe Boys is Retarted... Guess which one I am!!! | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 8:38 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Actually I think that it wasn't an aligator but Gonzo...his nose actually mistaken for a tail and his snapping was only at little children...  When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain; When I behold, upon the night's starred face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance, And when I feel, fair creature of a hour, That I shall never look upon thee more, Never have relish in the fairy power Of unreflecting love--then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. --Keats | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 10:37 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Up by Harlem, ehh.. They should let it loose among the natives. | ||||
| WoundedAngel Absolutely spectacular, and 1337 as hell. | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 12:14 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Maybe it would not be such a bad idea for Florida to become the nation's dumping ground...  | ||||
| The Brain | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 12:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: DING DING DI-- dammit the bell broke. :)  Proving Dogs and Mice can co-exist! Proud NEW Member of RonReddog's OA.COM C-Blocking Team!!! This message was edited by The Brain on 6-19-01 @ 12:24 PM | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 06-19-2001 @ 12:37 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Brain, you know I kid because I care. | ||||
| kevin from ct
| posted on 06-19-2001 @ 1:21 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | In a semi related event, a really obnoxious foul mouthed guy from Commack, LI was recently seen emerging from the Florida Everglade | ||||
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