More on Reggie
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 3rd, 2007
The original owner of Reggie has stepped forward and has passed along the following photographs for posting on Cryptomundo.
Reggie the gator was let loose when he was 7 foot 5 inches, 147 pounds. I owned Reggie for five years. I have pics for you if you like. Maybe you might want to know what really happened. The police don’t tell you everything. The cops were at my house three years before he was let go and they saw him and fed him. At the time they were here I had three of them; they did nothing about it. All they wanted to do was feed him and hold the babies I had at the time. But did not take him or he won’t be in the lake. Nor would LA zoo take him; I called them for two years asking if they wanted him. Then they didn’t want him; now they do because he is famous. Anthony Brewer, claiming to be the most recent owner of Reggie
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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
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Another irresponsible pet owner. Sad.
My word, that enclosure is tiny. Surely it was known just how big these guys will get?
I work in animal rescue and this reminds me of when we had a caiman living in a bath in london, it had been submerged in water for over a year never being able to get out and you can imagine the state it was in. All people need to do is look ahead at what this amazing animals turn into, instead of keeping them as a metaphorical extension of parts unmentionable…
Notice how this pet owner completely avoids the responsibility for the whole matter and tries to put it on the police who came to investigate. He bought the thing to begin with, how big did he seriously think an alligator was going to get? The fact is, he bought it and either didn’t research the responsibility he was taking on or didn’t care. Then he willingly let loose a large, possibly dangerous animal into a populated are where it could have injured someone, a pet, or a child. Are we to believe that there was absolutely no other way the matter could have been handled? I personally think this person should be brought up on charges of some sort. Any legal types here that know if this is an option?
i Always wanted a pet T Rex.
Bob Michaels
I always wanted a pet T rex
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Well, they are really small when they’re babies. Adorable little things that nibble on your toes. You can worry about them getting big and eating your family and friends later. Right now, it’s all about the cute.
BTW, does anybody have any room for a Plesiosaur? I picked the little guy up last time I visited Scotland, but now he’s too big for the bathtub.
Ditto Mystery_Man, I love animals as much as any but to place an apex predator in a public area with out public notice should be punishable. Reckless Endangerment at the least.