BCV Alligator Captured This AM!

[Niagara2]

We are staying at BCV and this morning at 9am as we walked to the bus stop we we surprised to see three WDW pest control men on the banks behind the bus stop. They had a long pole with food and lured the alligator to shore. It snapped on the month of the alligator and all of a sudden one of the men went from behind and actually jumped on the back of the alligator, sat on him and really fast wrapped his mouth shut. He then wrapped his tail to the front too. After the alligator was all wrapped two men went to picked him up but the brave man who actually wrestled him and did all the wrapping just picked him up and carried the alligator up the bank to a waiting truck. In the back of the truck it went and away they went. This alligator was about 5 to 6 feet long I think. We were really close and to witness this was something. The kids were in awe and other bystanders never even looked. I guess all the feedings that the BCV alligator has received has made it unafraid of humans and thus taken back out to the wild. Always something new for us to experience at WDW!!!!

 

[jennymouse]

Wow! I bet that was a sight to see! Did you happen to get photos?

 

[DisMN]

Very cool!!!
(although we won't see him then next time we go, unless.......there are more than one?) LOL

Post pictures if ya got any. Lots of people would love to see them I'm sure.

Hope the remainder of your trip is as fun and exciting as this morning was.

 

[westjones]

I'm glad to hear this. It made me nervous knowing he was around somewhere.

I bet that was really interesting to see.
DJ

 

[RoyalCanadian]

Sounds like a scene from "The Crocodile Hunter."

CRIKEY!!!

 

[zurgswife]

Darn I never did see him in person....Though if he had gotten that big I'm glad they relocated him...

 

[zurgswife]

Darn I never did see him in person....Though if he had gotten that big I'm glad they relocated him...

 

[disneyberry]

Originally posted by Niagara2
I guess all the feedings that the BCV alligator has received has made it unafraid of humans and thus taken back out to the wild.

<font face="times" size="+0">Good for Disney. I've always been flabbergasted by people who talk about how they had fun feeding "Allie" the pet alligator at BCV. Talk about endangering themselves and all the guests who stay at BCV after them. I'm relieved to know that the alligator has now been relocated.</font>

 

[colleen costello]

I hope all is well. Posters here from Florida have said that alligators who learn NOT to fear humans are doomed... I hope he was relocated, and I hope all the tourists can learn, once and for all, that if we feed the gators we may cost them their lives.

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

We never got to see him either but I'm surprised it took them this long to move him too.

HBC

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Oh my gosh! That poor alligator probably didn't know what was going on! Poor thing!

 

[Mickey527]

I never fed Allie but it was neat to see him/her each trip I took.
I did ask a CM once why they didn't remove him and was told that they can't remove an alligator from it's "home" until it is 5 feet or longer.
I have a friend who just bought a beautiful home about 25 minutes from WDW. She has a pond in the backyard that came equipped with an alligator. The community can't remove him until he is over 5 feet.
So in the meantime they have been told to watch small pets and children. I am not sure I want to move to FL after all.
Peggie

 

[kathleena]

Yup. Florida law says they are babies until 5 ft and can't be moved. WDW has to obey that law too and once they are of size - out they go. Don't doubt that another will be back to take it's place someday...............

By Al E Gator - it's been nice knowing ya!

 

[Niagara2]

Sorry it was an "un"kodak moment. Me yelling I can't believe I don't have my camera!

 

[gopherit]

Wow -- we got to see this fella on our trip last week -- we watched him from the bridge over the canal right outside our ground-floor villa. The kids were mighty impressed (and my middle son, quite a bit concerned.. wanted to know if it could get IN our villa!) I took a pic of the gator lounging about in the water (will have to try to post it, when I finally go through all 300+ of my digital shots from our trip!!) So now we have a photo of a legend... see ya later, Al E Gator.

<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_28_101.gif' alt='Bye Bye' border=0></a><a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_5_28.gif' alt='Alligator' border=0></a>

 

[manning]

and I hope all the tourists can learn, once and for all, that if we feed the gators we may cost them their lives.

Good luck on your hope. I don't think it will ever happen. I was watching the gator last march when some guy ushers his kids out and begins to feed him. Someone told him it was against Florida law to feed him. The guy looks at him and says "good thing it is a Florida law, I'm from New York so it doesn't apply to me." Wonder how much extra he paid to get out of school.

That five foot rule dooms the gator if what I heard is correct, and that was if a gator is more than four feet they have to be destroyed. Supposedly over that length their homing instincts kick in and they will find their way back. Even if they are relocated hundreds of miles away.

 

[rinkwide]

Originally posted by manning
...if a gator is more than four feet they have to be destroyed.

True.

And now a moment of silence for our friend Al.

*Bugle playing Taps in the background*

On the bright side, maybe we'll see some new belts or shoes at the Atlantic Wear and Wardrobe Emporium.

 

[flyinglizard]

funny thing about gators...

Once they take one out of a "territory", it's only a matter of time before another finds the unclaimed territory, and makes it his home. They remove a large gator and a smaller one will find the spot and claim it for his own until he gets big enough to be removed.

I'm not aware of a gator having a "homing" instinct, so I can't make a comment on that.

Disney Animal Control relocates the big guys to a remote part of property where hopefully they will never be seen by guests again.

I would like to see strict enforcement on Disney property of Florida laws regarding feeding the alligators.

 

[MikeB63]

We saw Alli a couple years ago ( Sept 2002). I was a bit surprised at how non-chalant the front desk was when I informed the that I spotted him in the canal. I guess I know why now. Matbe he'll show up at Narcoosies as part of the smoked alligator spead they serve (if they still serve it) with the bread.

 

[DisMN]

Originally posted by rinkwide
True.

And now a moment of silence for our friend Al.

*Bugle playing Taps in the background*

On the bright side, maybe we'll see some new belts or shoes at the Atlantic Wear and Wardrobe Emporium.

*bowing my head respectfully for a moment of silence*

*checking my wallet to see if I can afford some new shoes*

*really awful snerk* LOL

Thanks for the giggle rinkwide!