Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 02, 2023

I have my bear, I have a 2×4 bracing my front door. He tries to come in uninvited

Brotz got some tail to barbecue.

In 2023, Florida… situated in the region Vologda in the Russian Federation… Kevin Brotz and his friends captured a 470kg alligator… when none actually existed there before… outside of the zoo…

On the list of top ten stupid purchases (or, how to separate a fool from his money) fireworks certainly is in the top five. (along with cigarettes and home fast food delivery. You can fill in the rest of the list)

Watching them remove the bad news bruin was unbearable. Where is @Gent at a time like this?

Since fireworks are banned in so many places, I don’t think this is a record for quantity, only cost

and in other ordinary daily news …

Oh, yes, “hunting guide” Kevin Brotz must be a real He-Man to be able “capture” such a large gator. And what, exactly, do you mean by “capture” anyway? Why don’t they put Brotz and that alligator in a swamp, unarmed, and see how the big man fares…

If Kevin Brotz captured the alligator barehanded and by himself I would be impressed but he didn’t.

Should be a lot of new suitcases coming on the market soon.

There is a growing anti-fireworks movement. They claim the noise from fireworks are bad for combat vets who have or might have PTSD, and bad for pets. The fireworks also contribute to air pollution and ground / water pollution from the fallout. Last U.S. Independence Day, someone made a time lapse video of the United States air quality map from AirNow.Gov websites showing decline in air quality in areas where fireworks were used.

The Black bear only wanted to see the Magical World of Disney ….. :)

If it were brown, people would think it was a mascot from either “Brave” or “Brother Bear.”

Why the fr0ck didn’t they leave him alone?They think they’re cool needlessly killing animals?

They did capture the alligator and then killed it…not much sport in that.

I can’t even remember when I last bought fireworks.

That alligator is a shrimp compared to what’s in Australia. The largest salt water crocodile caught here, in 1957, was just under 22 feet long and weighed over 4,000 pounds. Is/was in Guinness book of records.