Strandwanderer
15.12.2015, 08:36
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http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/12/7/alligator_killed_matthew_riggins_deputies_say/_jcr_content/contentpar/articleBody/image.img.jpg/1449583637325.jpg
Brevard County deputies say this 11-foot alligator attacked and killed Matthew Riggins, 22, of Palm Bay as he hid from authorities in a Barefoot Bay pond. (Gator photo courtesy of Brevard County Sheriff's Office; pond photo by Greg Pallone, Staff)
http://www.mynews13.com/content/dam/news/images/2015/11/4/matthew-riggins.jpg
Matthew Riggins of Palm Bay (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)
"BAREFOOT BAY -- An accused burglar is dead after Brevard County deputies said he hid in a pond while on the run and was killed by an 11-foot-long alligator.
Matthew Riggins, 22, of Palm Bay was reported missing Nov. 13. His body was found 10 days later floating in a pond (http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/11/25/body_found_in_pond_matthew_riggins_brevard.html) near Latan Court and Barefoot Circle, in Barefoot Bay. Investigators said it had the makings of a gator attack.
Shortly before Riggins was reported missing, he called his girlfriend and told her he'd be in the area breaking into homes, deputies said.
"He was going to do burglaries in the Barefoot Bay area with another individual," said Maj. Tod Goodyear, with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Neighbors reported to authorities that they saw two men dressed in black lurking behind homes. Deputies began searching the area and were later joined by more deputies, K-9 units and a sheriff's helicopter.
[ . . . ]Deputies called off the search that night, but then Riggins' family reported him missing less than 24 hours later.
"He probably went into the lake to hide from the officers and the dog, and came across that gator," Goodyear said. "To hide somewhere to try and get away, and then meeting up with an animal like that, no, I've never had that happen before." [ . . . ]
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/12/7/alligator_killed_matthew_riggins_deputies_say.html
Auf der Flucht vor der Polizei, die ihn auch mit Suchhunden aufzuspüren versuchte, verbarg sich ein - bereits wegen früherer Einbrüche angeklagter - Einbrecher schließlich in einem größerem Teich.
Später trieb seine Leiche im Wasser; sie wies die Anzeichen eines Angriffes durch einen Alligator auf.
Bei der Bergung der Leiche wurden die Cops ebenfalls von einem über drei Meter langen Alligator attackiert.
Dieser wurde schließlich durch einen Wildhüter eingeschläfert. In seinem Magen fand man Überreste des zuvor getöteten Mannes.
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Es stellt sich die Frage, ob der erwartete Klimawandel auch in Europa für Kriminelle aller Art zu einer Ausweitung der Risikofaktoren, insbesondere in Form von Großechsen, führen könnte.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/12/7/alligator_killed_matthew_riggins_deputies_say/_jcr_content/contentpar/articleBody/image.img.jpg/1449583637325.jpg
Brevard County deputies say this 11-foot alligator attacked and killed Matthew Riggins, 22, of Palm Bay as he hid from authorities in a Barefoot Bay pond. (Gator photo courtesy of Brevard County Sheriff's Office; pond photo by Greg Pallone, Staff)
http://www.mynews13.com/content/dam/news/images/2015/11/4/matthew-riggins.jpg
Matthew Riggins of Palm Bay (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)
"BAREFOOT BAY -- An accused burglar is dead after Brevard County deputies said he hid in a pond while on the run and was killed by an 11-foot-long alligator.
Matthew Riggins, 22, of Palm Bay was reported missing Nov. 13. His body was found 10 days later floating in a pond (http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/11/25/body_found_in_pond_matthew_riggins_brevard.html) near Latan Court and Barefoot Circle, in Barefoot Bay. Investigators said it had the makings of a gator attack.
Shortly before Riggins was reported missing, he called his girlfriend and told her he'd be in the area breaking into homes, deputies said.
"He was going to do burglaries in the Barefoot Bay area with another individual," said Maj. Tod Goodyear, with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Neighbors reported to authorities that they saw two men dressed in black lurking behind homes. Deputies began searching the area and were later joined by more deputies, K-9 units and a sheriff's helicopter.
[ . . . ]Deputies called off the search that night, but then Riggins' family reported him missing less than 24 hours later.
"He probably went into the lake to hide from the officers and the dog, and came across that gator," Goodyear said. "To hide somewhere to try and get away, and then meeting up with an animal like that, no, I've never had that happen before." [ . . . ]
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/12/7/alligator_killed_matthew_riggins_deputies_say.html
Auf der Flucht vor der Polizei, die ihn auch mit Suchhunden aufzuspüren versuchte, verbarg sich ein - bereits wegen früherer Einbrüche angeklagter - Einbrecher schließlich in einem größerem Teich.
Später trieb seine Leiche im Wasser; sie wies die Anzeichen eines Angriffes durch einen Alligator auf.
Bei der Bergung der Leiche wurden die Cops ebenfalls von einem über drei Meter langen Alligator attackiert.
Dieser wurde schließlich durch einen Wildhüter eingeschläfert. In seinem Magen fand man Überreste des zuvor getöteten Mannes.
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Es stellt sich die Frage, ob der erwartete Klimawandel auch in Europa für Kriminelle aller Art zu einer Ausweitung der Risikofaktoren, insbesondere in Form von Großechsen, führen könnte.