On the light side because sometimes we all need to lighten up and laugh

[cornermouse]

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_099174635.html

Alligator found in Carthage basement

A 6 1/2-foot-long alligator that called a Carthage basement home for the last several years, is now at the Carthage Humane Society waiting for a new home after its owner died Monday.

Carthage Animal Control officer Justin Butler was called to the house about 9 a.m. Monday to remove an American Alligator from the basement. The animal was so large, the officer called in two reptile specialists from the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield.

The specialists blindfolded the animal, then taped its mouth shut and carried it out. The alligator, dubbed “Wally” by the humane society staff, is being housed in a makeshift cage at the annexed building next door to the shelter, currently called “the gator barn.”

Alternative version includes a self inflicted gunshot wound?????

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/77A7C52CA407A4EE862574260053215B?OpenDocument

Police call turns up big alligator in SW Mo. basement
ASSOCIATED PRESS
04/09/2008

CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Zookeepers were called in to help when police discovered a man-sized alligator in the basement of a Carthage home.

Police found the American alligator while responding to a call about an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday.

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. The alligator was despondent

because its owner died, and resorted to trying to take its own life...please, let's NOT get into a discussion about reptiles' ability to get guns!

[madinmaryland]

2. Hey!! Guns don't kill people! Alligators kill people!

[benEzra]

6. From its cold, live hands... (n/t)

[SoCalDem]

3. Did they dust the weapon for claw prints?

Maybe Ole Wally wanted out of that damned basement:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I want to know about that self-inflicted gunshot wound!

Is that such a common event that they just mention it in passing? :wtf:

[cornermouse]

5. It's the middle of love my gun country and how many can I get.

I'm surprised they even mentioned it since no one died. :) Can't you just see the idiot though? I've been laughing about it since I saw it.