This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Crocodile Home Protection System 100% Effective

Sometimes you have think outside the box!

So maybe you haven’t been feeling safe lately.

With the apparent mini-crime wave on the East End and the local police having their own internal difficulties, perhaps it is time to take matters into your own hands.

Now for years guard dogs have been somewhat effective in shooing off criminals. Nothing like a few pit bulls, Dobermans or ever even some German shepherds patrolling the grounds. They are effective in well fenced-in or walled-in homes. I suppose a few "beware of dog" signs, and there you go.

Find out what's happening in Southamptonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Then there are the electronic systems that way too often go off due to anything other than an intruder. But at last I heard of something effective and different. On the news wire today came the story of a family in Thailand using an actual crocodile to patrol their grounds to keep intruders off guard. It seems they bought the crocodile 15 years ago as a baby for a pet but it grew and grew and grew. Instead of getting rid of it, they built a pit in the yard for it, and the quote is, “Haven’t had any crime in the last 15 years at the home.”

I am not sure what the laws are on the East End/Southampton Town concerning using crocodiles as a guard animal, but with the correct representation and a few well spent dollars it may be possible.

Find out what's happening in Southamptonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Just imagine the visual of an inebriated citidiot, well cocktailed, trying to pee on your grounds, or some up-island amateur petty thieves in need of a high definition T.V. and other goodies meeting a hungry angry crocodile or two. It is something to explore if you are tired of your alarms going off by mistake.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?