A SWAT team of the NYPD peppered the Lizard with bullets, and watched in horror as the creature regenerated and healed - and counter-attacked by releasing a green cloud (a "biological agent") from a canister." Mr.Temple explained how in earlier times, George had vainly hunted for gold at the legendary nearby small island of Black Caesar Rock - named after a notorious 19th century pirate who at one time allied himself with Blackbeard: "He used to dig for pirate gold right over there.He remembers how his father Clayton Smith once claimed hat Paine was "the finest man he ever knew":Just to sit here with him is a very great honor for me, because I remember Dad used to tell me that Joe Paine was the finest man he ever knew.Alfrid threatened to dump the illegal contents of the barrels into the lake""s canal, because Bard was not licensed to bring in shipments of fish from Mirkwood.