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I grew up in Florida. It's not just easier to find mug shots online. It's a weird place. Alligators: https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/florida-man-fights-off-alli

by js2 6y ago

I grew up in Florida. It's not just easier to find mug shots online. It's a weird place. Alligators: https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/florida-man-fights-off-alligator-that-attacked-his-dog/ https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/florida-man-fights-off-alligat... https://nypost.com/2018/07/30/florida-man-brings-gator-into-a-convenience-store/ https://nypost.com/2018/07/30/florida-man-brings-gator-into-... https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/8-foot-gator-wrestled-from-florida-swimming-pool/ https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/8-foot-gator-wrestled-from... Pythons: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2019/08/12/6-foot-long-burmese-python-caught-while-swimming-naples-bay-florida/1968691001/ https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2019/08/12/6-foo... https://www.foxnews.com/science/alligator-fights-python-on-florida-golf-course https://www.foxnews.com/science/alligator-fights-python-on-f... Driving dogs: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/us/florida-dog-drives-circles-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/us/florida-dog-drives-circles... Kangaroos: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-kangaroo-jack-fort-lauderdale-20200720-qc5xt4fwm5d4fdzxxafxnbgmee-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/f... Speed-trap towns that had to decommission their police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELze26IXpk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELze26IXpk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo,_Florida

pchristensen 6y ago
Seconded, grew up in Tampa. Florida is weird, just not quite as weird as "Florida Man" makes it look.
wahern 6y ago
Those aren't particularly weird. People chopping off their limbs in copy-cat insurance scams is weird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_Florida For over a hundred years kooks and scammers from the Northeast and Midwest have made their way down to Florida. It's a weird place because weird and disreputable people move there. (Source: I grew up in the panhandle, and also inherited some "beach front" property in the middle of the woods that an uncle bought in the 1960s from a Chicago developer front running a classic Florida real estate racket. Also, see "Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country".)
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  Don't forget the random cannibal attacks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack

by js2 6y ago

pchristensen 6y ago

Seconded, grew up in Tampa. Florida is weird, just not quite as weird as "Florida Man" makes it look.

wahern 6y ago

Those aren't particularly weird. People chopping off their limbs in copy-cat insurance scams is weird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_Florida For over a hundred years kooks and scammers from the Northeast and Midwest have made their way down to Florida. It's a weird place because weird and disreputable people move there. (Source: I grew up in the panhandle, and also inherited some "beach front" property in the middle of the woods that an uncle bought in the 1960s from a Chicago developer front running a classic Florida real estate racket. Also, see "Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country".)

ceejayoz 6y ago
Don't forget the random cannibal attacks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack