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Monster gator caught on camera strolling through neighborhood in The Villages

The critter needs his own theme music.

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That's awesome. Now let's hope some idiot doesn't call the FWC and complain about him/her.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Larry is making TVs known all around.
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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.
And here we go.
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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.
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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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!
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.
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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.
They don't relocate gators in The Villages to a remote area.
Sadly, I've heard that they call a trapper which results in a dead gator.
I hope that isn't Larry's fate.
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They don't relocate gators in The Villages to a remote area.
Sadly, I've heard that they call a trapper which results in a dead gator.
I hope that isn't Larry's fate.
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.
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