600 alligators just got loose..

[rainbow4321]

From the online Houston police scanner site..

(HOUSTON - ) ALL UNITS ADVISED ALLIGATOR RESCUE FLOODED AND LOST 600 ALLIGATOR INTO FLOOD WATERS. [HOU032]

Here's the link for Harris County

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/2623


Broadcastify is a cool site. Let's you monitor police scanners nationwide.

[ecstatic]

1. Omg, what a nightmare!

Just awful! I really hope everyone makes it through this safely.

[bdtrppr6]

2. Great

crowd of wild alligators! Huge turnout! Good luck everybody!

[MoonRiver]

13. Are they carrying signs saying: Alligators for Trump?

[Sunlei]

3. 21159 FM 365, Beaumont, TX 77705 I guess its this gator rescue?a bunch of gator farms around there

'farms' they harvest skins and make stuff. That address is listed as a "rescue", they do those tourist shows'

perhaps have a (secret) skin harvest side business.

[Princess Turandot]

4. Post from earlier today when it was still just a threat...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141855512

Gator Country is a 15-acre animal preserve in Beaumont, Tex., full of alligators, venomous snakes and a host of other dangerous animals.

As Harvey continues to dump inches and inches of rain on the area, flooding Gator Country, its owner is worried that waters could soon top the fences that are keeping his 350 rescued alligators in the preserve, letting them loose in the community, according to KFDM. But as of last night, none had escaped the enclosure.

Here's the place on GMaps: https://goo.gl/maps/tizQpBrB2cz
https://www.gatorrescue.com

[rainbow4321]

6. Wow...and the posting time on the incident was just before 6pm

It's dated and time 8/29 at 1746. That's when the announcement went out to local LEO per the scanner logs.

[yardwork]

8. Venomous snakes loose in a flood.

[longship]

5. DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN!

Who's going to be Houston's alligator Quint?

Look at those snappers!
(Sorry couldn't find the appropriate film clip from Romancing the Stone.)

[BSdetect]

32. Perhaps dun dun - dun dun etc

[TheBlackAdder]

35. Or even, Dun-Dun-Dun Om-Nom-Nom etc.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

7. Make them Giant Aligators and release them at MAR A LAGO and...

we've got a movie! (Or at least a reality show I'd watch). Esp with Trump trapped there and everyone seeking "leadership".

[Squinch]

9. Oh my God. This is no joke.

Aaaaaand, Rachel is talking about the possibility of a chemical plant explosion. The skeleton crew that usually rides out storms had to evacuate.

[WinkyDink]

10. No, it is no joke. People are walking in those waters. And the gators will still

be there as the waters recede. Hungry.

[Squinch]

11. And the venomous snakes. This is just unfathomable.

[FLPanhandle]

12. Unlike wild alligators, these gators are used to being fed by humans

Wild Gators are no problem. We have hundreds here in Florida. They are shy, skittish, and really are no bother to humans.

Gators get to be a problem when fed by humans as they associate humans with food. These escaped Gators will now approach humans expecting food. Not good.

[WinkyDink]

14. So said Disney World, right before that little boy was snatched and eaten. Hungry is

hungry, and wild is wild.

[FLPanhandle]

16. True, wild is wild

However, the most dangerous gators here in Florida are almost always the ones that have become used to people and those that people have been feeding.

I'll take 100 wild gators over one that has been raised by humans.

[bluepen]

23. You're exactly right. Same here on the coast of SC.

Here, it's illegal to feed and/or harrass them for this very reason alone.

[GulfCoast66]

28. All evidence is that gator

Was being secretly fed by hotel guests.

It is amazing how tourist here in Florida just cannot help themselves when they see a gator. The almost always look for something to feed them even when they know it is illegal.

On the rare occasion they are issued a citation they inevitably respond by saying something like 'but it was just once'

[cwydro]

15. I lived in Florida for years.

Camped and kayaked around gators. They don't attack usually.

Nor do snakes. They just want to live their lives like we all do.

[FLPanhandle]

17. That's correct.

I have gators in the bayou behind my house. I swim and boat around them all the time. They really don't bother anyone.

The problem gators are the ones that have been feed by humans and associate humans with food. That's the scary thing about these gators. They all probably associate humans with food. When hungry go to the human, he has the raw chicken...

[cwydro]

19. yes, exactly.

I loved looking at them at night with a flashlight...their eyes glow ruby red.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Yep.

I used to work in a swamp. Unless you harass or step on them, they want nothing to do with you.

[BSdetect]

33. Key word: Usually!

[Raissa]

25. I'm hopeful...

... that they were well fed and won't have a strong inclination to seek humans to feed them.

I live in Florida and worked with gators for several years. I am rarely concerned wiith their presence. We swim and kayak in their waters. With wild gators human attacks tend to occur in circumstances where humans are easily mistaken for their natural prey - splashing at waters edge at dusk being an obvious issue, as is getting too near a mother's den.

But as said these guys have been fed and will be more likely to approach under many circumstances. If their bellies are still fairly full they might be more interested in exploring the open territory.

I'd still be more concerned about the sewage and chemicals than the gators though.

[HAB911]

20. Add that to fire ants............

https://www.democraticunderground.com/122853335

[alarimer]

37. I prefer fire ants to Donald Trump

Even a raft of fire ants is superior, intellectually.

[Adrahil]

21. If this weren't so serious....

I'd say it sounds like the plot of a Syfy movie.

[Sancho]

22. First we had Sharknado, and now we have Gatorcane!

Should be good for at least 3 or 4 movies and a TV series.

[FSogol]

24. Alert the 'D-List' celebrities!

[Zoonart]

27. Just had one of them there yesterday...

perhaps we can use that for B-roll footage, especially the shots of D-list and the wife standing in the boat covered in sea weed in the parking lot. Looked like they were posing for a new season of Gilligan's Island. They're naturals! Get me SYFY stat!

[Sancho]

31. I'm sure we can write a movie script!

Alec Baldwin is tRump and is attacked on the golf course...dozens of SS agents futilely ram their golf carts into the congregation of gators!

Melania runs (in high heels) across the putting green when the wind blows a flying gator that grabs her by the ? (ya'll help me out here)....

Tillerson is on top of an oil derrick with gators climbing up all sides!

Pense is in a restaurant with a bunch of men throwing tables and chairs against the windows and doors while their wives are in the parking lot getting devoured...he's heard to say, "sorry Hun, you know I'd let you in if the Lord told me to..."

I think it would make a People's Choice award winner!!!

[lpbk2713]

38. KellyAnne falls and hurts her ankle.

(The obligatory scene in all these flicks)

Sessions comes to her rescue and helps her limp away.

[Not Ruth]

26. I am betting that nothing comes of this irrational fear and hate of animals

They have been here longer than us, treat them like that

[Coventina]

34. I know, right? Humans come, pave over the wetlands, creating this flooding disaster.

Then, somehow, it's the animals' fault.

[left-of-center2012]

29. Send Trump ! n/t

[GulfCoast66]

30. 600 hand fed gators, if large could be an issue

Gator farms usually slaughter at a pretty small size as the quality of the hide is better. But if these are their breeding stock, which can be huge that is a problem.

The gator farms I have been on keep their breeders in an open pond surrounded by a wire fence that a determined gator could easily escape from. Since they have everything they need there is no need for them to leave. They are fed by people throwing rotten chickens to them. It is kind of fun and everyone loves doing it. But you better believe they associate humans with food. And the are all over 11 feet long and bear battle scars from fights. Smaller ones would be killed.

[alarimer]

36. The alligator population in that area is large anyway.

Almost every river and bayou (and golf course) has some. So 600 may be a drop in the bucket.