Gators

We find this story this morning about a guy who went to conduct some burglaries in Florida and got 'et by an alligator.

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a man who may have hidden as officers investigated reports of two suspicious men in a Florida community targeted by recent burglaries was killed by an 11-foot alligator.

When he didn't return home after a night of burglary his girlfriend reported him missing.

 Brevard County Sheriff's Maj. Tod Goodyear says 22-year-old Matthew Riggins told his girlfriend he would be in Barefoot Bay to commit burglaries with another suspect. Authorities received calls Nov. 13 about two suspicious men in black walking behind homes and investigated. Riggins was reported missing the next day.

Of course, investigators were forced to euthanize the gator.

 Goodyear said sheriff's divers recovered Riggins' body 10 days later in a nearby lake and the injuries were consistent with an alligator attack. Authorities said Riggins had drowned and the alligator, which behaved aggressively toward divers, was trapped and euthanized.

I don't have much sympathy for a burglar, but being eaten by an alligator has to be a horrible way to meet your maker.