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List: The top 10 weird Florida stories on Facebook in 2016

Joshua James threw a live gator into a Wendy's Restaurant in February. 

Let's just be honest: The Sunshine State can't be matched when it comes to weird stories -- many of them involving interactions with alligators (or other deadly animals).

Without further ado, here's the 10 most popular "only in Florida" stories that ran on ActionNewsJax.com's Facebook page in 2016:

No. 1: Florida man throws alligator into Wendy's from the drive-thru

Florida man charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he threw an alligator through a drive-through window at Wendy's: http://bit.ly/1XfPCAH

Posted by Action News Jax on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
No. 2: Strangers show up at hospital with gifts for baby 

Florida couple texts wrong number about birth of their baby ... and strangers show up to hospital with gifts: http://bit.ly/1U2eflO

Posted by Action News Jax on Monday, March 21, 2016
No. 3: Florida shark looks like 'Bruce' in Finding Nemo

Florida shark looks exactly like Bruce in "Finding Nemo": http://bit.ly/1MnES1V

Posted by Action News Jax on Thursday, March 24, 2016
No. 4: Dozens of gators spotted in Florida lake 

That's a lot of gators. An Orlando area man stopped to take the video because he'd never seen so many gators at once: http://bit.ly/2dkmCc0

Posted by Action News Jax on Sunday, October 2, 2016
5. Atlantic Beach man wins $2 million on scratch-off just before his birthday

Atlantic Beach man wins big on $10 scratch off ticket -- days before his birthday:

Posted by Action News Jax on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
No. 6: Jacksonville man threatens to sell son's car because of "dope"

A Jacksonville father is selling his son's car on Craigslist because he's been "smokin dope and acting all thug" instead of respecting his parents. http://bit.ly/1X2X6cX

Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, June 3, 2016
No. 7: Florida man thinks alligator in tree with actually a lizard

Florida man thought gator in tree was ... a lizard:

Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, July 8, 2016
No. 8: No one knows exactly what this is on a Jacksonville street

Viewer Laura sent us this photo her mother took of a "thing" on the sidewalk near the Duval County Courthouse. We're trying to help her figure out what it is and we're stumped. Any ideas?

Posted by Action News Jax on Thursday, July 21, 2016
No. 9: Alligators didn't actually escape the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine during hurricane

Relax, the gators are still at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm:

Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, October 7, 2016
No. 10: Killer flesh-eating screwworm discovered in Florida

Like us Floridians need another deadly animal to worry about... Killer flesh-eating worms have been found in Florida, three decades after they were eradicated by the department of agriculture.

Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, October 14, 2016

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