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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 8:27:44 GMT -6
Fuck it, this deserves its own thread. Context: there is an alligator that turned up in Humboldt Park Lagoon and no one has any idea how or why. Dude is chill /cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64700549/GATOR_071119_08_copy.0.jpg) Anyway, post Gator related content in this thread |
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 8:30:12 GMT -6
You can buy a shirt to benefit the local news organization that first broke the story here |
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 8:31:19 GMT -6
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Post by kb on Jul 11, 2019 8:41:26 GMT -6
legit was gonna do the swan paddleboats there saturday but those plans were thwarted.
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 8:44:25 GMT -6
I'm thinking I might go check it out on Saturday just to see this in person
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Post by kb on Jul 11, 2019 8:45:12 GMT -6
also, "alligator bob" helps the city rescue exotic animals. do you think his nickname changes depending on the animal he's helping with? opportunistic bob.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jul 11, 2019 9:07:18 GMT -6
I saw someone bought one of those rotisserie chickens from Jewel and tied it to a string and hung it over one of the bridges. Never change Chicago.
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Post by ten15 on Jul 11, 2019 9:08:43 GMT -6
That's kinda what they do in the swamp tour outside of New Orleans, except the chicken is raw....
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Post by neader on Jul 11, 2019 9:16:21 GMT -6
That's kinda what they do in the swamp tour outside of New Orleans, except the chicken is raw.... my tour guide did marshmallows, it was neat. |
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 9:18:38 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 9:53:03 GMT -6
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Post by alady on Jul 11, 2019 10:16:08 GMT -6
That's kinda what they do in the swamp tour outside of New Orleans, except the chicken is raw.... my tour guide did marshmallows, it was neat. So did mine! There was one gator who had a marshmallow melted on his head, and his name was........ MARSHMALLOW BOB |
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Post by cosmo on Jul 11, 2019 10:36:35 GMT -6
This story made the news in KC.
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Post by kb on Jul 11, 2019 11:00:41 GMT -6
it was on abc world news tonight with my bf david muir who belongs in the cute guys thread.
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Post by kb on Jul 11, 2019 14:32:17 GMT -6
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Post by sthubbins on Jul 11, 2019 14:33:00 GMT -6
what's the big deal
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 14:33:45 GMT -6
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Post by facts on Jul 11, 2019 14:49:54 GMT -6
I feel like if the gator was on the ballot for Humboldt Park alderman at this point it could pull at least 40% of the vote
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Post by dij22 on Jul 11, 2019 14:51:58 GMT -6
I feel like if the gator was on the ballot for Humboldt Park alderman at this point it could pull at least 40% of the vote My freshman year roommate was from Belarus, and he thought that the U.S. should elect an alligator as president because no other country would dare to get into a conflict with a nation crazy enough to elect an alligator to its highest office. |
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Post by andrewvb on Jul 11, 2019 14:54:17 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Jul 11, 2019 15:00:41 GMT -6
I feel like if the gator was on the ballot for Humboldt Park alderman at this point it could pull at least 40% of the vote My freshman year roommate was from Belarus, and he thought that the U.S. should elect an alligator as president because no other country would dare to get into a conflict with a nation crazy enough to elect an alligator to its highest office. You ever get comment from him about our current president? |
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Post by facts on Jul 11, 2019 15:03:36 GMT -6
I feel like if the gator was on the ballot for Humboldt Park alderman at this point it could pull at least 40% of the vote My freshman year roommate was from Belarus, and he thought that the U.S. should elect an alligator as president because no other country would dare to get into a conflict with a nation crazy enough to elect an alligator to its highest office. I feel like the gator has a pretty solid brand and name recognition at this point. And its favorability has to be near 100%. I haven't read anything that suggests anyone is rooting for CPD over the gator. |
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Post by dij22 on Jul 11, 2019 15:15:20 GMT -6
My freshman year roommate was from Belarus, and he thought that the U.S. should elect an alligator as president because no other country would dare to get into a conflict with a nation crazy enough to elect an alligator to its highest office. You ever get comment from him about our current president? He's been in the army for 10+ years so I assume he's plotting a coup for the gator |
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Post by kb on Jul 12, 2019 9:33:44 GMT -6
wow some of the people quoted in this story are straight nutjobs. Martin claimed that at 12:30 a.m. Thursday he decided to sneak into the park on his bicycle and saw the gator out of the lagoon near the boathouse.
“He was on the steps, just hanging out,” Martin said. “He’s a cute little thing but he does have some meat on him. I watched him just chilling and then he plopped back into the water and swam away.” |
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Post by mookie on Jul 12, 2019 10:36:18 GMT -6
How soon before someone gets bit while taking a selfie with it?
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Post by kb on Jul 12, 2019 10:49:07 GMT -6
there's protective fencing around the lagoon supposedly.
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Post by Tweet on Jul 15, 2019 16:47:07 GMT -6
They had to call in a Florida man today to figure out how to get him |
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Post by mookie on Jul 16, 2019 6:39:10 GMT -6
Good night, sweet prince
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Post by Pale Hose on Jul 16, 2019 6:44:05 GMT -6
Because he's the hero Chicago deserves, but not the one it needs right now, so we'll hunt him. Because he can take it, because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector, an alligator.
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Post by Tweet on Jul 16, 2019 7:23:50 GMT -6
Worst news since they announced Lolla moved to 4 days
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