Anthony Buhl, 56, and March Chadwick, 57, were stopped by law enforcement in Florida while driving with a dead alligator on the roof of their vehicle. Upon being questioned, the pair explained that they had covered the animal with a sheet after learning — mid-transport, one presumes — that possessing an alligator is illegal in Florida.
Let’s walk through the decision tree here. Step one: acquire dead alligator. Step two: begin driving it somewhere. Step three: discover that this is illegal. Step four: place a sheet over it and continue driving. At no point in this sequence did either man suggest pulling over, disposing of the alligator, or reconsidering the plan from the beginning. The sheet, apparently, was the solution.
Florida has a great many laws about alligators. This is because Florida has a great many alligators. The two populations — humans and alligators — have been engaged in a long, complicated relationship in which the humans keep doing things like this and the alligators keep wandering into Walmarts and backyard pools. The system, such as it is, continues to function.
Buhl and Chadwick are awaiting arraignment. The alligator, already deceased, has no further comment.
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