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No way!
Yep they saw two on Sunday and went back today and caught one.
No more dangling toes off kayak in water......lol
Interesting:juggle Any idea what part of the lake?
Yep Abbott’s. I think Wildlife Officers actually caught it. Several pics on John Davis Facebook. I dont do Facebook but go check it out.
That's pretty wild right there for sure. Just when you think you've seen it all... along comes something else... just as sure as the world.
Hard to believe they could have survived the winter or climbed the portages. Someone's probably messing around.
Take a trip to Columbia SC and partake of a Repticon show. 3 times a year they have it and SC allows "HOT" shows. All sorts of venomous creatures and caiman and alligators. Per the law, out of state folks can't buy these items but drugs are illegal and it doesn't stop those issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundance
SC is quite a bit different climate than what you'd find at HR. I just can't see them surviving the sustained cold we see from time to time. Maybe I'm wrong. Add the fact they can't reasonable climb the "Narrows" that extends from the upper part of lake Tillery to HR.Quote:
Originally Posted by need2befishin
At the same time, Life has a "way". I'm maybe wrong. :)
[QUOTE=sundance;3817840]SC is quite a bit different climate than what you'd find at HR. I just can't see them surviving the sustained cold we see from time to time. Maybe I'm wrong. Add the fact they can't reasonable climb the "Narrows" that extends from the upper part of lake Tillery to HR.
At the same time, Life has a "way". I'm maybe wrong. :)[/QUOTE
I'm more inclined to think someone bought a cute little reptile and brought it back to NC. Once it got big enough to scare them they dumped it off. Same way those crazy snakes get to FL. We had a relatively mild winter so I could see it surviving or may have not been there long.
We talked to Wildlife officer He said it was released
Are you saying they released it back into High Rock? I hope they like perch!
I way I took it. Somebody had it as a pet till lt got to big. Then they released it in the lake.
I know some N C State students that had them as pets. When they got to big to handle they were released in Jordan. Don’t know if any survived but yeah people release them in non-native areas. One lived in Don Howell lake in Concord for bout 10 years. It was 8 feet or so. People used to stop on highway 73 and watch it. The Salisbury Post has had several articles and sightings over the years here on High Rock.
years ago they caught a piranha in badin, folks get tired of things the once wanted all the time
Sam at Lake Lucas told me she once had a guy come by asking if he could release his pet caiman in the lake. Ahhh....no!!