by Ian Chillag

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A potential muse.

The official report will read like this:

The alligator became agitated and bit his bumper causing approximately $500 worth of damage. Report will be routed to City Claims/Risk Management.

But Officer Terry Ashe of the Tampa force puts it somewhat more flowerier. This, from his police report:

As I was driving down the single lane, dirt road, adjacent to an old cemetery, I observed a large, menacing dark object lying in the road obstructing my right of way...With rain pouring down, mist and fog shrouding my vision, large oak trees laden with Spanish moss hanging down around my vehicle, I was uncertain as to what lay in my path.

More here.