Meet Larry.
 

Monster gator caught on camera strolling through neighborhood in The Villages

The critter needs his own theme music.

Larry the Alligator - Home | Facebook

That's awesome. Now let's hope some idiot doesn't call the FWC and complain about him/her.

Larry has gone National.......daughter in PA sent the clip which was on their local Fox station....wanted to know if he was close to us....lol

Does anyone recognize WHERE it was taken? It looks like a tower in the background and I can't place the water. The fences look right. The background has two story houses and we don't have many here. "THEY" don't usually allow gators that size around here.

It's the MMP at Brownwood. Larry has been there for years, and yes, its a BIG gator. Not sure where you see two story houses, and the small water tower is at one of the entrances to Brownwood.

Larry needs to be removed to a place away from humans before something bad happens.

I've worked at golf courses on which there were gators. When they got to be a certain size, they would remove them to places away from development. A gator that size can kill an adult human. Both the residents and Larry would be better off he he were to be relocated to an area that has not ben touched by humans.

Larry is making TVs known all around.

And here we go.

Which begs the question.....how many humans have been killed by gators in TV? If you give them respect they will leave you alone....we play golf a couple times a week, and fortunately we are starting to see them on the courses again. Enjoy the wildlife we have here, all the wildlife.

None as far as I am aware.

Lots more by falls from golf carts by people acting irresponsibly in some way or another.

You cannot fix stupid though as I remember they had to get rid of one gator at John Chestnut Senior Park on Lake Tarpon which was by a pond. Japanese tourists were sitting on it and taking one another's pictures!!! Pinellas County, Florida, Park & Conservation Resources - John Chesnut Sr. Park

I love that he has a Facebook page. Does he have a Twitter account? There are many "novelty" Twitter accounts. Larry looks like a good candidate.

:ohdear: Well between your thread and the one started by lottoguy I woundn't think Larry has much of a chance for a long retirement in The Villages. And for the uninformed ...... they DON"T relocate gators! All the attention just gets them a death sentence! :ohdear:

You know that was a story on the Orlando news station. NBC I believe. And Facebook picked it up as well. Or many people on Facebook.

Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

If you read between the lines you see here that the State kills the nuisance gators. They do give their reasoning here.

Hopefully Larry won't be charged for anything! Until he approaches humans he should be fine but you can bet there will be someone stupid enough to get to close and then file a complaint. I wish people would leave them alone and keep there grandkids and pets away from the ponds,:ohdear:

Me too. They were here first.

I understand the reasoning why gators aren't relocated.
As far as I know, although he is a large gator, Larry just minds his own business and is not a nuisance gator.
So I hope that is not Larry's fate. Although with the media attention, he will probably be killed.

Remember the buffalo. Now only a few remain way out of reach.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

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He’s gone
 

Did not take long. Was taken out today about 5:30.

So sad. The little Girl Scout who maintains his FB page is going to be upset. :ohdear:

Taken Out? Out of his pond? Or the big Taken Out?

Please let it be just The Pond! :pray:

Was taken out of his pond by the nuisance alligator program. I think we all know what that means.

They don't relocate gators

Too bad people just can't leave these magnificent creatures alone. Video taping and putting this on the news got him eliminated. I knew the need to remove him became inevitable when I witnessed crowds of onlookers taking pictures from 10 feet away. So sad we can't coexist.

Larry
 

Well, he was alive and well when they loaded him on the truck.

Maybe, Larry's story will continue.

Either way it's a shame he couldn't be left alone

Both. Too bad.


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You don't see dead cattle in a cattle car.

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The 11 pm news said Larry relocated to Orlando.

That is great news. They brought him to Gatorland.

Doubt Larry had a happy end.

Why does the FWC not relocate nuisance alligators in Florida?
Florida has a healthy and stable alligator population. We have about 1.3 million alligators in Florida. Alligators live in all 67 counties, and they inhabit all wild areas of Florida that can support them. The removal of nuisance alligators does not have a significant impact on our state's alligator population.

Relocated alligators often try to return to their capture site. They can create problems for people or other alligators along the way. If an alligator successfully returns, capturing it again would be necessary and likely more difficult the second time.

To avoid creating a problem at the release site, nuisance alligators would need to be relocated to remote areas where they would not encounter people. These remote areas already have healthy alligator populations, and the ones that already live there have established social structures. The introduction of a new alligator to these areas would likely cause fighting, possibly resulting in the death of a resident alligator or the introduced alligator.

:ohdear: Telling you all for the last time...... his name is "Boots"!

Nice to hear. 'Larry' the alligator finds new home

Just saw a report on 6 News, Larry was 11 feet long and weighed about 600 pounds. He has been relocated to Gatorland and from the video didn't look happy.....but, he has playmates. The interviews stressed that he wasn't afraid of humans so he was a threat and that was because "we" were feeding him.....that's BS because I don't see any gators here that are afraid of humans.

Larry was removed two years ago.