October 12, 2019

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

There is a lot you can say about Floridians. Some of it even good. But there is one thing no one can argue about; their special relationship with gators. They love them, they hate them, they keep them as pets and they eat them for dinner. But I think everything you need to know about how a Floridian feels about alligators can be summed up by today's story.

A Florida man is accused of enticing an alligator to bite his arm and pouring beer into the reptile's mouth after his friend caught the animal. Timothy Kepke, 27, and Noah Osborne, 22, were both arrested on one felony charge each of unlawfully taking an alligator.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission got a complaint about Kepke holding an alligator and enticing the reptile to bite his right forearm and then pouring beer in the animal's mouth.

The interaction was filmed, records show. After the beer is poured, the alligator aggressively reacts.

Kepke told officers Osborne caught the reptile with his bare hands After Osborne caught the alligator, Kepke told officers he enticed it to bite him and then poured beer into its mouth.

The pair then released the gator alive, Kepke told officers. Kepke also told officers he had a couple of beers, but wasn't drunk when the incident happened.

Yeah, that's believable.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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This Won't Last Long

A Missouri bar is trying out an unusual business model -- charging customers by the hour instead of by the drink. The St. Louis bar, named Open Concept, charges customers by the hour to enjoy unlimited numbers of drinks that vary depending on the price package, which averages $10. "At our bar we don't sell drinks, we sell time," the website states. The bar offers food only on "Taco Tuesday" and "Bottomless Brunch" days, but the owners said customers are free to order delivery at any time. Open Concept's website offers the choice to book a drinking in advance and offers full refunds for anyone who misses their appointment. [I think I have a better name for this bar: Going Out of Business.]

Zach Galifianakis Not Involved in Giraffe Death

When we saw Zach Galifianakis murder a giraffe by driving it under an overpass in the last 'Hangover' movie, we all laughed because the very idea is ridiculous. Of course, that movie wasn't set in Africa. It wasn't so funny when a South African man did that very thing in the capital of Pretoria. The moments before the accident were caught on camera by a horrified fellow driver who described hearing a loud crack. Engineer Thinus Botha took the photo of the two giraffes after driving next to the truck for half a mile. He decided to pull over to capture the moment - and witnessed the gruesome accident seconds later. South Africa's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told local media the giraffe has since died and the truck driver could face criminal charges.

READER COMMENTS

Hey, Lewis, It looks like Tabitha Cleary of Dearborn Heights, Michigan raised an idiot or at least a future Darwin award winner. -Scott


At a friend's house setting himself on fire, well, as the saying goes, "with friends like these, who needs enemies"! -Gary


12 yr old should NEVER be online without direct supervision... this would be one reason why. and girls stabbing a friend to gain favor with an imaginary bogeyman, etc.

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