Comments on: Current Crazy Croc Encounter

By: slh0451

slh0451 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:31:26 +0000

if there was a better picture that you could zoom in on,it would be easier to tell.Caimen have a small raised portion of flesh looks kinda like a hill above each eye.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:50:55 +0000

Looks like a gator, sure…

By: Point Radix

Point Radix — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:52:24 +0000

It looks like a caiman - any identification of species? One of the links said it was 2-3 feet long, so sharing the lake with a caiman of that size can not really be seen as a significant risk (for now).

By: gkingdano

gkingdano — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:09:43 +0000

We have a celebrity gator here in Southeast Texas too. The infamous Daisette “sinkhole” has a new resident 7 foot gator, also VERY common in these parts. How long it cane survive in the oil field polluted lake that has formed in the sinkhole is anyones guess.

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:03:49 +0000

Hi Loren,

Thank you for posting this article. It is of particular interest to me since I live in Hickory, NC. It’s not too surprising to me that a crocodilian might be found in Lake Hickory, gators are fairly common in the eastern part of the state and they are known to have populations in lakes that are not too far south of here. Now if it does turn out to be a caiman, which I had not heard about prior to reading this article (of course I had heard about a “gator” in lake Hickory) that would surprise me. I guess the only logical explanation for that would be someone setting their pet caiman free in the lake. One small point of correction, it is actually Lake Hickory, not Hickory Lake, but we’ll not quibble over such minor details