Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Environment
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Surveillance cameras installed in a North Carolina bagel shop caught a small alligator purposefully strolling though the back door, through the stockroom and to the front counter, startling employees and customers – one of whom armed himself with a chair against the intruder.
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one → instal → intruder
The 3ft-long alligator’s intrusion in Bagel Dock Express in Southport, North Carolina, last Thursday was later shared by the business.
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intrusion → share → business
Shop owner Jesse Driscoll told a local news outlet that the encounter was “just so far out of the ordinary for a bagel shop.
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encounter → tell → shop
You can see lots of things.
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You → see → things
People coming in.
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People → come → ?
Friends coming in to say hi.
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Friends → come → ?
But never in a million years did I think I’d see an alligator.
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I → think → alligator
Driscoll had been installing a new oven when the gator walked in.
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gator → instal → oven
The errant reptile, probably a federally protected American alligator, was safely removed by Southport police and animal protective services.
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reptile → protect → police
The Southport police department posted to social media: “SPD Officers along with APS Officer Ward removed an alligator from inside the Bagel Dock late this afternoon.
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Officers → post → Dock
The gator was safely captured and relocated.”
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gator → capture → ?
Earlier this year the North Carolina wildlife resources commission warned coastal residents and visitors not to feed or interact with the alligator population.
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commission → warn → population
The commission said biologists with its wildlife helpline were receiving “several calls per day as public encounters with alligators” increased during the alligator mating season.
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encounters → say → season
While the bagel shop encounter technically occurred out of mating season, wildlife management district biologist John Henry Harrelson said human-alligator encounters were increasing in coastal areas.
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encounters → occur → areas
“People feeding alligators ultimately leads to those animals seeing humans as a potential source for food,” Harrelson said.
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Harrelson → feed → food
“Naturally alligators are shy, but through feeding, alligators can lose their fear of humans and that leads to a possible negative interaction between people and wildlife
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that → lose → people
In response to the rising number of human-alligator encounters, the state’s wildlife resources commission developed GatorWise, a checklist of alligator-awareness steps.
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commission → rise → steps
It advises residents to assume alligators are present; never feed alligators; not dispose of fish or food scraps in water; not harass, capture or handle an alligator; be responsible for people and pets in your care; and maintain awareness anytime you are in or near water.
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you → advise → water
Bagel Dock Express joked on social media that “apparently, word of our fresh bagels has made its way into the swamp!”
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word → joke → swamp
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