Man accused of tossing gator into Wendy's drive-thru window

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

do I even have to say anything? I have no words

http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/loxahatchee-acreage/man-accused-of-tossing-gator-into-wendys-drive-thru-window?autoplay=true

Gator wasn?t on the menu but one did make an appearance inside a Wendy?s just east of Loxahatchee in Royal Palm Beach. And it wasn?t by choice.

A Jupiter man threw it through the restaurant?s drive-thru window, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission incident report.

It happened in October but the suspect was just taken into custody by US Marshals.

FWC officials say 23-year-old Joshua James pulled up for his order and after a server handed over a drink and turned around James reached into the back of his truck and tossed the 3-and-a-half foot gator through the drive-thru window.

The incident report showed a picture of the gator inside the restaurant.

James faces charges of aggravated assault and unlawful possession and transportation of an alligator.

FWC says James admitted to picking up the gator on the side of Southern Boulevard and bringing it to the fast food restaurant.

The alligator was later released in a nearby canal.

I understand stupid shit happening in Florida is nothing new but wow I laugh my ass off at this. I just have so many questions. Where did he get an alligator, How do you transport it without equipment and most importantly why?

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

...the hell?

Yeah, my biggest immediate question is how do you man-handle a frickin' gator through a drive-thru window. Those windows really aren't all that big.

I mean, the more obvious question would be 'why', but, a this point that just feels like a silly question.

Infact reading on it's not even the fact he man-handled it. He had it in his car. While driving.

Mind blown.

 

[Barbas]

Ohhhhh my goooood, you are shitting me. I was just about to jokingly ask if this was the doing of the mysterious superhero figure known only as Florida Man. WHAT DO THEY PUT IN THEIR BREAKFAST CEREAL OVER THERE???

 

[Strazdas]

This is quite amazing to me because i now have to imagine an aligator fitting in through the tiny drive-through window somehow.

 

[Sassafrass]

Fucking Florida Man strikes again!

What zany antic will he pull off next?

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

Ohhhhh my goooood, you are shitting me. I was just about to jokingly ask if this was the doing of the mysterious superhero figure known only as Florida Man. WHAT DO THEY PUT IN THEIR BREAKFAST CEREAL OVER THERE???

FLORIDA MAN!

"And in this week's jam packed episode of Florida Man, we witness our fearless hero use his Alligator wrestling skills to prevent a terrible plot to stop him from getting his daily supply of fatty treats!"

OT: I know that a common reasoning for why Florida seems so bat-shit is the fact that they make police reports public over there, but it's stories like this that really do make me think that there is just something up with that state in general.
Seriously, even if you had a problem with Wendy's, surely you'd come up with an easier way to vent your anger then kidnapping a wild alligator and throwing it at people from your car.
Most people would have just gotten a gun >.>

 

[Parasondox]

FLORIDA!! Don't you ever think about changing. We haven't had some good Florida news lately but this is beautiful.

Is it still legal to throw midgets in Florida cause I would counter with that. Or a Snake, I dunno, whatever you fancy.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

What is a "Jupiter man?" I am going to assume it is not a man from a certain gas giant. Maybe everyone in florida is suffering a mild, slow form of heat stroke that manifests in mysterious ways. Maybe they have mercury in their food chain diet or LSD not completely filtered from their drinking water. Either way, seems a great opportunity for psychological/sociological study.
I can imagine the alligator feeling quite confused and insulted by this. Especially if it links the human eatery to meat manufacturing. They might take it a little personally.

 

[Glongpre]

Hahaha, my imagination is having lots of fun visualizing this scenario.

Just casually picking up an alligator and softly guiding him through the drive through window.

I wonder if he named it. "What's that, Bartholomew? I don't think they carry gazelle meat. Here, I'll put you up to the window to ask...Bartholomew, wait what are you doing?! Don't go in there!!"

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

Hahaha, my imagination is having lots of fun visualizing this scenario.

Just casually picking up an alligator and softly guiding him through the drive through window.

I wonder if he named it. "What's that, Bartholomew? I don't think they carry gazelle meat. Here, I'll put you up to the window to ask...Bartholomew, wait what are you doing?! Don't go in there!!"

Personally I imagined it as him screeching up to the window, lawn-darting it through the window somehow and speeding off.

Literally impossible but a funny image. XD

I've heard some speculation it may have been some sort of prank gone wrong. Makes sense, I guess. There's a lot of stupid people out there with a camera and a YouTube account these days...

 

[SmugFrog]

Did you guys see the video of his mom defending him, saying he's just a harmless prankster?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/us/florida-alligator-drive-through-window/index.html

 

[Elfgore]

Spoiler: This GIF appears relevant once again.

I'm pretty much clueless as to how to comment on this, I have to many questions for this and biggest being a loud and drawn-out "WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?????????"

 

[maninahat]

What an arsehole.

Also, I find the title misleading, I was half expecting someone was bringing up a Gamergate news story.

Incidentally, is that still a thing? It seems everyone has gone.

 

[rcs619]

You know, before I even clicked this thread I said to myself "This is going to be about Louisiana or Florida, isn't it?"

And lo and behold, it was Florida. Freaking, Florida lol.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Hello future Radio Dead Air feature! Seriously, how the hell do you get an alligator into drive-through window... let alone get an alligator?!

 

[BX3]

"Oh, hi there Fernando? GUAIHFKSMDOJFFF"

What an arsehole.

Also, I find the title misleading, I was half expecting someone was bringing up a Gamergate news story.

Is the mental image of a person throwing an entire other person through a drive-thru window more or less ridiculous than an alligator? I honestly don't know.

Incidentally, is that still a thing? It seems everyone has gone.

Good. Man it was hard to be on the internet for that half a year. Never before had I encountered something whose relevance seemed to rise in such inverse proportion to how much I gave a shit. By the end of it I was drained, bored and hated everything.

 

[axlryder]

Did you guys see the video of his mom defending him, saying he's just a harmless prankster?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/us/florida-alligator-drive-through-window/index.html

"he does 'stuff like this' because he thinks it's funny"...

Stuff like this? This is a trend for him? What else has this man done? Jellyfish in a kiddy pool? Pinata full of bees?

 

[Callate]

Did you guys see the video of his mom defending him, saying he's just a harmless prankster?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/us/florida-alligator-drive-through-window/index.html

...And he paid with a credit card.



Good grief.

Even if it was something completely harmless he threw through the window, it's still cruel to the animal and such a breach of food safety codes that it would probably shut the restaurant down for at least an hour. But an alligator? Even if it was only three and a half feet long, that's still a predator, and one that's been known to kill and injure humans. That's not "tee-hee, lovable prankster"- that's the sort of thing that gets you tested for something like sociopathy or borderline personality disorder.

Can we arrest the parents who have been enabling this twit for the past twenty-three years while we're at it?