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Floridians
and wannabees
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11/12/07 - No one has ever accused criminals of being
extraordinarily smart, but sometimes they do things that
make you think they are vying for the coveted Darwin
award. In Miami-Dade county, a man was sighted trying to
break into cars in the parking lot of the Miccosukee Indian
Reservation. When police arrived, he fled, and ignoring
signs warning of the dangers of live alligators, he dove into
a pond.
Yep, he was eaten. Divers later recovered his body, with
several bite marks on the head, fifty feet below the surface
at the bottom of the lake. The divers, incidentally, waited
for the alligators in the pond to be trapped and removed
before they made their dive -- they are not in competition
for the award.
The candidate was identified by police as Justo Antonio
Padron. He has (had?) an extensive criminal record
including possession of cocaine and marijuana, grand
theft, burglary and attempted robbery with a deadly
weapon.
Florida law requires that any alligator that kills a human
must be destroyed. The gator, who was well-known by
employees of the reservation and had been nicknamed
Poncho, was being held for inspection by the medical
examiner before he meets his fate.
extraordinarily smart, but sometimes they do things that
make you think they are vying for the coveted Darwin
award. In Miami-Dade county, a man was sighted trying to
break into cars in the parking lot of the Miccosukee Indian
Reservation. When police arrived, he fled, and ignoring
signs warning of the dangers of live alligators, he dove into
a pond.
Yep, he was eaten. Divers later recovered his body, with
several bite marks on the head, fifty feet below the surface
at the bottom of the lake. The divers, incidentally, waited
for the alligators in the pond to be trapped and removed
before they made their dive -- they are not in competition
for the award.
The candidate was identified by police as Justo Antonio
Padron. He has (had?) an extensive criminal record
including possession of cocaine and marijuana, grand
theft, burglary and attempted robbery with a deadly
weapon.
Florida law requires that any alligator that kills a human
must be destroyed. The gator, who was well-known by
employees of the reservation and had been nicknamed
Poncho, was being held for inspection by the medical
examiner before he meets his fate.
