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Thread #89791   Message #1696175
Posted By: Bill D
17-Mar-06 - 10:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: People poking crocodiles
Subject: RE: BS: People poking crocodiles
'ere you go, greg. Maybe it survived the Winter.

"Alligator found in British pond
October 6th, 2005

ST. BLAZEY, England: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals warned people in St. Blazey, England, to be on the lookout for an alligator sighted in an area pond.

The society issued the warning to the Cornish town when Stacey Clayton said she spotted a 2-foot gator while she and her 7-month-old daughter fed ducks in a pond.

"I noticed this big log in the water, but as I got closer I saw its eyes," Clayton told The London Telegraph. "I wasn't sure whether it was alive so I threw a stone near it. It lifted its head and looked straight at me."

While the society warned area residents to be on the lookout for the gator, it also said the creature that likely once was a pet may have already died from the cold.