Beheaded alligator dumped in upscale Brevard County neighborhood
Somebody illegally killed and beheaded a monster alligator and then dumped it in an upscale Rockledge neighborhood.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission estimates the headless gator to be more than nine feet, while residents of the Timbers West neighborhood where it was found say it was probably 11 or 12 feet.
A jogger in the neighborhood was the first one to spot it – she found it by smell – just laying right where somebody dumped it near the road. The head and tail are gone.
The neighborhood borders some wetlands that drain into the St. Johns River.
FWC officers admit whoever did it didn’t exactly leave their phone number. About all the FWC officer could do Thursday was cover the gator up. So, for now, people who live in the neighborhood are stuck with it.