Aug. 7, 2024

Not A Gator

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Transcript

In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five heartwarming good news stories. A false alarm about a 10-foot alligator in Washington turns out to be a friendly lizard named Taz. In Florida, officials remind residents to avoid stressed black bears. In New York, a Bronx restaurant provides over 500 free meals daily to immigrants. Gizmo the Chihuahua is reunited with his owner after nine years, thanks to a microchip. Finally, an Australian man attempts to break his own Guinness World Record for the most underpants put on in 30 seconds.

00:00 Introduction and Alligator Scare
01:32 Bear Sighting in Florida
02:40 Bronx Restaurant's Generosity
03:23 Gizmo the Chihuahua Returns
04:08 Guinness World Record Attempt

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Calorogas shark media. Whoa good news It's not a ten

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foot alligator running around the neighborhood. High I'm Johnny Mack

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with five good news stories you see. In Granite Falls, Washington,

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there were reports of a ten foot alligator on the loose. Relax,

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it's not an alligator, police investigated, it was just somebody's lizard.

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The Snawhomish County Sheriff's Office had issued an alert on

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social media with a greeny photo of a reptile that

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was identified as a ten foot alligator was seen heading

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towards the Pilchuck River. THEPD speculated on Facebook that the

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animal might be a crocodile. No, wait, did you think

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it was an alligator or a crocodile, because there's like

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a difference, right. Alligators are dark colored with a broad,

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rounded snout and usually found in freshwater. Crocodiles are grayish

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green and prefer coastal, brackish and saltwater habitats. Now'd be

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fair Snowhomish County does seem to be on the water there,

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so I guess it could have been a saltwater crocodile. Anyway,

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it's a lizard. Local resident Shanna saw the photo on

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social media and quickly realized wasn't a croc, not an alligator.

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She wrote on Facebook, I think that's Tess, her lizard.

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I just checked his enclosure. He's not there. He's friendly

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to people and very loved, not dangerous. A search was

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launched for Tess, who, by the way, isn't ten feet

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long either. The Granite Falls Police Department updated its post

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to confirm Tess had been safely returned home. Good job

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by Chief Wigham and the rest of the PD out there. Meanwhile,

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in Florida, the Walton County Sheriff's offices reminding residents to

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steer clear of bears. Members of the public were seen

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trying to snap selfies with a quote depressed bear at

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the side of the highway. Not a good idea. As

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I record this today, there was a bear sighting on

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my block. I went out for a run. When I

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was out for the run, I saw my wife walking

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the dog. Said hi to my wife, continued my run,

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ran four miles, came home an hour later. She texted me, oh,

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by the way, when you're out for the run, you

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know those people in the corner. Yeah, there was a

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bear in the woods. Thanks for telling me. The Walton

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County Sheriff's Office said the bear was spotted on the

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north side of Highway ninety eight near County Road eighty three.

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You know the spot, The post said. Famous last words.

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If not friend, why friend shaped? Because this black bear

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is stressed. A depressed lemon zest doesn't seem like a

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very official post. The Sheriff's office post added, the bear's

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clearly not in the mood for pictures. The bear has

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shown signs of severe stress. A representative from the Florida

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Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had responded to the scene,

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but the bear had wandered back into the woods. Officials

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remind you please do not approach black bears at any time.

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Nice job by a family owned restaurant in the Bronx

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at New York. They've been distributing over five hundred free

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meals a day to recently arrived immigrants. Natalie and Antonio

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were immigrants themselves. In nineteen ninety two, they rented a

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space in the Bronx. They opened a restaurant, La Morata.

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During the pandemic, they started to make king root soup

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based on beats, carrots, potatoes, and anything else that grows underground.

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On the first day, the free soup meals were gone

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in an hour. Eventually they were making upwards of eight

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hundred meals a day, distributing five thousand in a week.

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The concept stuck. In addition to standard menu items including

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and Gelata's tacos, stuffed Chili's, nachosen more, Lamarada gives out

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more than five hundred meals for free every day to

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newly arrived immigrants in the city. Nasalia calls herself the

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mother to all those who were hungry. Good news, Gizmo

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the Chihuahua is back after nine years. Gizmo escaped from

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a backyard in the southwest Valley of Las Vegas as

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a young puppy. Gizmo was recently discovered and identified through

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his micro chip Always good to chip your dogs, My

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dogs are chipped. The dog's owner, Junith, received an unexpected

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email informing her of the discovery. She went to the

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Animal Emergency Center of Las Vegas and Henderson and the

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vets confirmed it's Gizmo. Judas says, they told me a lady,

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a good samaritan. It was a woman who dropped him off.

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They said. The woman spent two months trying to catch him.

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She wanted him back afterward, but they told her she

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could them because he had a microchip you scan, and

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we were looking for him. So it's kind of interesting

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something I thought would have happened years ago. Gizmo is

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now eleven years old. Wonder what he's been doing all

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this time. That stuff's always amazing. And Johnny Mack, you

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haven't mentioned a Guinness record this week. Oh don't worry,

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I've got one. An Australian man pulled on multiple pairs

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of underpants. He was attempting to break his own Guinness

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World record for most pair of underpants pulled on in

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thirty seconds. He pulled on more than twenty pairs, but

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did not manage to beat the existing record of twenty

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three pairs. Luckily for him, that's his record too. He

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set that one in July of twenty twenty three. However,

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there is good news. He did manage to break the

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record for most people gathered in one place while wearing

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underwear on their heads. That record now stands at one

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twenty six people. I feel like if he put some

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effort into that one, you could break that one. Manning

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also holds Guinness World records for a fast It's time

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to put on ten pairs of underpants thirteen point zero

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three seconds and most underpants on in one minute. He

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did all this on America's Got Talent. He was eliminated.

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All four judges voted no. And those are your five

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good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program,

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