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Snakeadelic · 12-09-2015, 07:35 AM

My guess would be a combination of hungry/angry gator and possibly Burmese python, depending on what part of Florida. Most dogs make LOTS of noise when pursuing other animals, but only a reptile is truly dumb enough to rip up both sides of a car chasing a cat, and has little to no voice to add to whatever sound of teeth on metal. The absence of tracks could mean the pythons have crept northward over the years, possibly undetected. My apologies to any Floridians who have nightmares after reading that...

Oh, and I'm not dead.

We got in...call it a spat...with our phone company (may CenturyLink executives all FRY IN HELL thankee kindly) that offlined my computer for 37 days. We're STILL waiting for our phone number back--our new internet & phone provider is trying to get CenturyLink to release control of it after an epic mess that started on Nov. 1st. Meanwhile I had to wait until we figured out we had to change ISP & phone provider (got satellite TV in the package, which is almost exactly the same $$ as our old, no-TV package) to know what to ask my dad, who is a tech expert. Since he built my computer for me he knows exactly what it will and won't do, and it needed a USB receiver to interact with the wireless 'net stuff, while my sweetie was able to piggyback signal from a neighbor who is also an awesomely good friend

. My poor sweetie was losin' his freakin' MIND once the new provider install was done--his CPU would find the network, accept and validate the password, and then tell him there is no such thing as this 'internet' he was trying to reach. USB receiver took care of that, and then I chose to wait (like another 10 business days) for the second receiver to arrive.

12-09-2015, 07:35 AM	#2
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	My guess would be a combination of hungry/angry gator and possibly Burmese python, depending on what part of Florida. Most dogs make LOTS of noise when pursuing other animals, but only a reptile is truly dumb enough to rip up both sides of a car chasing a cat, and has little to no voice to add to whatever sound of teeth on metal. The absence of tracks could mean the pythons have crept northward over the years, possibly undetected. My apologies to any Floridians who have nightmares after reading that... Oh, and I'm not dead. We got in...call it a spat...with our phone company (may CenturyLink executives all FRY IN HELL thankee kindly) that offlined my computer for 37 days. We're STILL waiting for our phone number back--our new internet & phone provider is trying to get CenturyLink to release control of it after an epic mess that started on Nov. 1st. Meanwhile I had to wait until we figured out we had to change ISP & phone provider (got satellite TV in the package, which is almost exactly the same $$ as our old, no-TV package) to know what to ask my dad, who is a tech expert. Since he built my computer for me he knows exactly what it will and won't do, and it needed a USB receiver to interact with the wireless 'net stuff, while my sweetie was able to piggyback signal from a neighbor who is also an awesomely good friend . My poor sweetie was losin' his freakin' MIND once the new provider install was done--his CPU would find the network, accept and validate the password, and then tell him there is no such thing as this 'internet' he was trying to reach. USB receiver took care of that, and then I chose to wait (like another 10 business days) for the second receiver to arrive.