Florida man arrested for lassoing, tying up nine-foot gator: deputies

A Florida senior citizen was arrested after lassoing a 9-foot gator and tying it as much as a handrail earlier than bolting, authorities mentioned. 

Robert Colin, 71, was slapped with a felony cost for illegally endangering an alligator, in keeping with an affidavit obtained by clickorlando.com. 

He’s accused of utilizing a nylon rope to lasso the gator round its higher jaw earlier than he tied it to a handrail above a canal in his house city of Cape Canaveral, in keeping with sheriff’s deputies.

Colin bizarrely contacted deputies round 7:30 a.m. to report that he had discovered the reptile tied up earlier than fleeing the scene, deputies mentioned. 

Surveillance footage from a close-by constructing operated by SpaceX, nonetheless, confirmed Colin making a loop with the nylon to lure the gator, authorities mentioned. 

Colin was arrested at his house and booked the identical day on a cost of unlawful killing, possessing or capturing alligators. 

After posting the $2,500 bond, Colin advised clickorlando.com that he set a clothesline within the canal to guard the turtles there that he and others feed. 

Colin mentioned he has beforehand seen and reported alligators within the canal courting again three years. 

”I tied a line right here as a result of I noticed a snout popping out of this pipe,” Colin demonstrated. “He hooked his higher jaw on it and he tried to take off, but it surely was already tied right here.”

The gator was finally euthanized, spokesperson for the sheriff’s workplace advised the outlet.