Alligators in Shelby County

[Guest db99wj]

With all the flooding, there has been a lot of wildlife spotted in areas that are not typical hang out spots for wildlife. Deer on roofs, snakes and yes, alligators!

I did not take this picture. He appears to be using some trash as some type of urban camo. This area is at Hwy 51 and Watkins, near Shelby Forest on the northern area of Shelby County, south of Millington. There have been spotted for years here, and i've heard some in the Ghost River area where the Wolf river starts in Fayette County.

Edited May 12, 2011 by db99wj

[Good_Steward]

That's pretty cool. Where's Troy Landry when you need him?

"Choooot 'im! Choooot 'im!!"

[BigJim]

That's pretty cool. Where's Troy Landry when you need him?

"Choooot 'im! Choooot 'im!!"

[Guest BungieCord]

Ten, maybe 15 years ago they caught a 6-footer in a creek in the Tucker's Crossroads community in eastern Wilson County. Nobody ever fessed up to turning it loose so nobody was ever able to determine how long it had been living in the wild.

[Oh Shoot]

I think it's actually a Black Panther cooling off, disguised as a gator.

- OS

[Guest TnValleyBulletman]

I think it's actually a Black Panther cooling off, disguised as a gator.

- OS

You mean like Bobby Seale and Huey Newton? Danged bunch of leftists those Black Panthers. never heerd tell of them dressing up like gators though:)

[Oh Shoot]

You mean like Bobby Seale and Huey Newton? Danged bunch of leftists those Black Panthers. never heerd tell of them dressing up like gators though:)

Well, now, Huey is dead, so that really would be a new level in the mythical beast genre!

(I know, Elvis ain't dead either).

- OS

[Fourtyfive]

Ha , the black panther spotted once again. I guess it will never die ....

[Guest boatme99]

"gators travel. I used to run boats on the east coast and the farthest north I saw one was about 15 miles south of Norfolk, Va. on the intracoastal. Folks in that area never believed it when I told them.

[Garufa]

That gator's just chillin with a bag of Ruffles.

[Guest tommy62]

LMAO

[Tnscooter63]

With all the flooding, there has been a lot of wildlife spotted in areas that are not typical hang out spots for wildlife. Deer on roofs, snakes and yes, alligators!

I did not take this picture. He appears to be using some trash as some type of urban camo. This area is at Hwy 51 and Watkins, near Shelby Forest on the northern area of Shelby County, south of Millington. There have been spotted for years here, and i've heard some in the Ghost River area where the Wolf river starts in Fayette County.

Some things are better left unsaid, that is my favorite place to kayak fish and it is already spooky enough in them swamps but everytime I go some 3 or 4 foot somethin always splashes right next to me and scares the piss out of me, I always figured a carp but now not sure if it wasnt the swamp thing...