Hanging an alligator foot from a dashboard is apparently not a good luck charm.

A Florida driver learned that the hard way when he was stopped in a Palm Beach County wildlife management area by two Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers who were checking for permits.

The commission said in a news release that the officers noticed alligator parts scattered throughout the truck, including a foot sticking out of the dashboard.

After first denying it, the driver admitted that he had killed the animal a few days earlier out of season and without a permit. He was cited.

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