Only in the South: Would you try swapping an alligator for beer?

This is just too silly, but it actually did happen.

Fernando Caignet Aguilera attempted to buy beer the other day, but he had no money. Rather than beg for change like most destitute folks do, Aguilera had a novel, but, as it turned out, illegal, solution. He went into the store with the only "collateral" he thought he could use---a 4 foot long alligator he'd caught in a city park.

SAY WHAT?

Yes, you read that right, effendi. According to Yahoo!, Aguilera didn't know it was against state law to trap and/or trade alligators, and was subsequently cited by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In an unrelated note, Wally Gator is somewhere in Florida, breathing a sigh of relief.