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Texas woman comes face-to-face with an angry 8-foot alligator
HUMBLE, Tex. – A girl got here residence Monday after working errands, however an 8-foot alligator separated her from the door.
“And all I seen was the mouth broad open and hissing,” stated Tammy Tanner after discovering the gator on her porch. “And he was on me, he was proper there. So I attempted to show rapidly to start out working however his tail caught my knee and it knocked me down. And I assumed, ‘properly he’s going to be on me now.’”
Fortunately her boyfriend noticed her fall again and got here working.
“When she bought knocked down I couldn’t see what occurred. I simply know she come flying again out,” stated boyfriend, Jody White, initially considering a burglar pushed her. “So I come working up right here seen that [gator] and I needed to drag her again out away from the doorway right here, so it was out of the way in which. Then we simply bought again within the truck and waited.”
They known as the Harris County Constable Workplace which confirmed up with trapper Tim Deramus of Bayou Metropolis Gator Savers.
Deramus bought 5 requires gator removing on Monday and caught two. Watch the video of Deramus fighting the 8-footer within the Humble entrance yard above. FOX 26 Houston caught up with him and caught his second gator of the day.
Gator mating season
“It’s the start of the mating season. So the extra the males are simply working loopy searching for females,” stated Deramus who has been getting calls each day this spring. “And all the child ones are scattering out of the water as a result of the massive alligators eat the smaller alligators, they’re cannibalistic. And so the little alligators are… popping up on folks’s lawns.”
Come summer season, as soon as mating season is over, he often will get 5 calls per week not a day.
Deramus lassoed the gator, jumped on its again, taped its jaws closed and ‘hog-tied’ the reptile. Texas Parks and Wildlife officers then relocated the creature to a pure habitat.
“I can think about tomorrow I’m going to be so sore I can’t stroll as a result of I hit the cement laborious making an attempt to run and get away,” Tanner stated after getting back from the hospital with minor accidents. “However I’m nonetheless right here.”
How probably are gator assaults?
“There’s solely been one reported assault within the state of Texas,” stated Deramus saying that violent alligator assaults versus individuals are uncommon. “It was round September fifteenth when the infants are hatching out of their nest and the kayaker ended up leaping out into the water. However he didn’t know the nest was on the financial institution the place he jumped out to swim. So the mom, feminine alligator grabbed him.”
Recreation wardens employed Deramus to take away the big alligators within the space. He caught 4 11-footers, six 9-10-footers and eventually the mama defending her 23 infants.
“The alligator, bit his hand and arm and pulled him underwater,” recalled Deramus of the 2020 incident. “He bought away and he went swimming to the financial institution. After which the alligator truly grabbed him once more on the shoulder and he was capable of get away once more. They ended up calling a LifeFlight to get the man. I imagine he’s okay.”
Bayou Metropolis Gator Savers additionally traps nuisance coyotes, possums, snakes and wild hogs. He solely kills the unprotected hogs which he harvests like his mom, grandfather and great-grandfather taught him. He makes use of or provides away the meat within the winter then in the summertime takes the pork to feed a few of his rescues on the Gator Rescue Park.
Gator wrangling coaching
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Division taught Deramus to catch gators in a one-day seminar about eight years in the past.
“The primary name I bought was an eight-foot alligator and never the one or two-footer they skilled me with, and I did it the way in which they skilled to do it. That they had us do it with somewhat catchpole and maintain their head down,” stated Deramus. “And on the eight-foot, I put the loop of the catchpole on his head and he yanked it out of my hand and commenced to beat me up with my very own stick.”
Tanner and Deramus each suggest calling officers and professionals to take away a nuisance gator as a substitute of an newbie making an attempt it themselves.
A common theme for No. 22 TCU has been their complete dominance on their home floor this season. The Horned Frogs finished the year 14-1 at Schollmaier Arena. On Friday night, in front of over 3,000 fans, TCU swept Texas Tech (25-14, 26-24, 25-11).
The four seniors honored by TCU were Melanie Parra, Cecily Bramschreiber, Stephanie Young and Ashlyn Bourland. All four players found ways to contribute as Parra finished with 14 kills and seven digs. Bramschreiber filled up the stat sheet with four kills, four aces and seven digs. Both Young and Bourland got an ace.
Both teams traded points in the early going, but Bramschreiber sparked a 7-2 run to give the Frogs a 16-9 lead. TCU hit .417 in the first set and dominated the first set capped off by a Becca Kelley ace.
In set two, Texas Tech made things much closer jumping out to a 8-5 lead. A 4-0 run from TCU put them back in front. This set included multiple runs and it was Tech that got it to set point leading 24-22. TCU was able to end the set on a 4-0 run courtesy of kills from Jalyn Gibson and Parra paired with aces from Bramschreiber.
Trying to keeps things alive, TCU wasn’t met with much resistance from the Red Raiders in the third set. The Frogs kept up the pressure with multiple runs to build a massive 17-8 lead. Bourland picked up her first career ace and an attack error ended things.
It was a fun night for the seniors that played in front of the TCU crowd for the last time. The 14 wins at home tied the school record for most wins at home in a single season. They also picked up the most wins in a season since 2015. What Jason Williams has done for this program in such a short time has been remarkable to watch.
The Frogs move to 19-7 overall 11-5 in conference. They still are fifth in the Big 12 standings with two games to go. They will travel to Morgantown on Wednesday to take on West Virginia at 6 p.m. and then to Cincinnati on Friday at 1 p.m.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Thursday targeting the blue city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana.
Paxton alleges that Proposition R, which “prohibits the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure,” violates state law.
The attorney general argues in the lawsuit that the ballot measure is preempted by Texas law, which criminalizes the possession and distribution of marijuana. Paxton also claims the Texas Constitution prohibits municipalities from adopting an ordinance that conflicts with laws enacted by the state legislature.
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“Cities cannot pick and choose which State laws they follow,” Paxton said in a statement. “The City of Dallas has no authority to override Texas drug laws or prohibit the police from enforcing them.”
Paxton called the ballot measure “a backdoor attempt to violate the Texas Constitution” and threatened to sue any other city that “tries to constrain police in this fashion.”
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The lawsuit comes after interim Dallas Police Department Chief Michael Igo directed Dallas police officers not to enforce marijuana laws against those found to be in possession of less than 4 ounces.
Ground Game Texas, a progressive nonprofit group that campaigned in favor of the ballot measure, argued it would help “keep people out of jail for marijuana possession,” “reduce racially biased policing” and “save millions in public funding.”
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“It’s unfortunate but not surprising that Attorney General Ken Paxton has apparently chosen to waste everyone’s time and money by filing yet another baseless lawsuit against marijuana decriminalization,” said Catina Voellinger, executive director for Ground Game Texas.
“Judges in Travis and Hays counties have already dismissed identical lawsuits filed there. The Dallas Freedom Act was overwhelmingly approved by 67% of voters — this is democracy in action.”
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Since January 2024, Paxton has filed lawsuits against five Texas cities that decriminalized marijuana possession, arguing these policies promote crime, drug abuse and violence.
The Texas Longhorns are heading back to Austin with some early-season tournament hardware in hand.
Tre Johnson battled through another poor shooting night but closed the game out for Texas once again, scoring a game-high 17 points to lead the Longhorns to a 67-58 win over Saint Joseph’s at the Legends Classic championship round in Brooklyn Friday night.
Transfer guard Julian Larry sparked the Longhorns late, scoring all 12 of his points in the second half. Arthur Kaluma added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists while Kadin Shedrick had 10 points and six rebounds.
The Hawks were led by Rasheer Fleming, who stuffed the stat sheet with 16 points, 20 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and three steals. Xzayvier Brown added 15 points on 4 of 7 shooting.
The Longhorns jumped out to an 11-6 lead after seven early points from Kaluma. St. Joe’s started out cold from the field but controlled the game with hard-nosed defense and the occasional press while dominating the offensive glass. This was highlighted by a possession where the Hawks got four consecutive offensive rebounds but only scored one point as a result.
Johnson stayed aggressive on offense for Texas but was off on his shot and was impacted by the on-ball defense of St. Joe’s.
Mark, Pope and Johnson all hit a triple for Texas in about a two-minute span ahead of halftime to give the Longhorns their biggest lead at 32-26 but the Hawks responded with a free throw from Haskins 3-pointer from Brown before halftime to cut the lead to 32-30.
The defense from the Hawks ramped up even more, as the Longhorns were stuck in the mud on offense and had little to no ball movement. St. Joe’s was hardly much better, but its defense continued to set the tone and eventually swung the momentum.
Larry then hit back-to-back triples as the two teams traded buckets on five straight possessions. Consecutive dunks from Ajogbor and Fleming but the Hawks in front 50-46 with 8:25 to play, but Larry continued to take over. He hit 1,000 career points with a driving layup before finding Kaluma for a corner triple to put Texas back in front at 51-50.
It didn’t stop there for Larry, who found a cutting Shedrick for a dunk before diving on a loose ball down at the other end to secure possession for Texas, which had built a 55-52 lead with 3:13 left. The Longhorns used the momentum to put together an 8-0 run, which essentially sealed the win in a game where scoring felt hard to come by.
Johnson then closed the game out with six points in the final 4:11 of action, including a pullup jumper at the foul line to put Texas up 63-55 with 1:19 left.
Texas will host Delaware State on Nov. 29.
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