Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Originally Posted By: Trav
Stupidity by all parties on this one and the alligator paid the price for it.
The only stupidity I see is on behalf of the dumb burglar who jumped into the water. The cops and gator trapper were doing their JOB! You can't leave a known man-eater out in the wild. That goes for sharks, lions, leopards, black bears, brown bears, whatever else eats man.
An alligator is a living prehistoric reptile, anything in striking distance is on the menu, everyone of them will attack man or anything else if given the opportunity.
When man builds or strays into their habitat these things are going to happen, its that simple.
The creature is not a guilty party here.