Lo and behold, now we have a new thing to worry about – Meth Gators! In Tennessee, Police have discovered a new phenomena that they are deeply concerned about, and it’s crack head flushing their drugs down the toilet!

USA today reports that:

“Ducks, Geese, and other fowl frequent our treatment ponds and we shudder to think what one all hyped up on meth would do,” the Loretto Police Department posted Saturday on Facebook. “Furthermore, if it made it far enough we could create meth-gators in Shoal Creek and the Tennessee River down in North Alabama.”

Of course social media latched on to it:. “This should be the new mascot for a university down there,” one user tweeted. “Think of how terrifying it would be to play the South Alabama Meth Gators.”

However the effects of methamphetamine on alligators is unknown. Loretto police did not note any recent documented cases of alligators consuming meth, but they did take a swipe at Alabama’s “attack squirrel” case.

Apparently last month, Alabama authorities arrested a man who allegedly fed meth to a pet squirrel named “Deeznutz” and trained it to attack people. Authorities said they could not conduct a drug test on it, however.

The Tennessean says that Loretto police took notice of the meth ‘attack’ squirrel story and followed up with this important message:

“They’ve had enough methed up animals the past few weeks without our help. So, if you need to dispose of your drugs just give us a call and we will make sure they are disposed of in the proper way.”

Then there is a case of a jungle python in Australia that required six weeks of detoxification after absorbing meth through its skin in a lab. So while the effects of methamphetamine on alligators is unknown, the possibility is meeting a Meth Gator face to face is alarming!



