Video of massive Florida ‘dinosaur’ gator creates buzz

Source: From The Trenches/News 6
Published: Jan 17, 2017
Author: News 6
Post Date: 2017-01-17 11:18:17 by Deckard
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LAKELAND, Fla. – And you thought dinosaurs were extinct.

Video of a massive alligator spotted in Lakeland was posted to Facebook on Sunday, raising the eyebrows of many.

Kim Joiner told News 6 that she captured the video at the Polk Nature Discovery Center.

“It looks like a dinosaur,” News 6 anchor Justin Warmoth said.  

“Is that real?” News 6 anchor Kirstin O’Connor asked upon first viewing the video.

“Yes, it’s real,” Joiner told News 6 social media producer Shannon McLellan.

Joiner estimated the gator to be at least 12 feet long. When asked about the beast’s weight, Joiner said, “Huge!”

“It seems too big to be real. That’s crazy,” O’Connor said.

“Nature at its best,” Joiner posted on Facebook.

Perhaps it should have said, “Nature is a beast.”

Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Last year, a gigantic gator roaming a Lakeland golf course created headlines after a 10-year-old boy snapped photos of the creature.

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#1: randge    To: Deckard (#0)

Tourists taste like chicken.

randge posted on 2017-01-17 11:45:28   Reply   Private Reply

#2: goldilucky    To: Deckard (#0)

When I saw the image of that thing I was thinking "dinosaur". What I cannot understand is why those tourists are standing way too close. Alligators are very good runners. Many many years ago, I remember reading about a Florida High School that had to evacuate students because one of their gators got loose from its penned area.

goldilucky posted on 2017-01-17 12:56:59   Reply   Private Reply

#3: tpaine    To: goldilucky (#2)

What I cannot understand is why those tourists are standing way too close.

Photographic foreshortening. ---- Makes objects in photos look closer together than they actually are...

tpaine posted on 2017-01-17 16:35:36   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Hank Rearden    To: Deckard (#0)

Since cancelling cable TV years ago, I've sort of forgotten how lame the local kitten-in-a-tree media twits can be.

Hank Rearden posted on 2017-01-17 19:01:12   Reply   Private Reply

#5: paraclete    To: Deckard (#0)

anyway you look at it, that is a big gator

paraclete posted on 2017-01-17 19:12:50   Reply   Private Reply