Posted on 10/04/2024 11:26:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Police were called to a home in a Detroit suburb to remove a 4-foot alligator found lurking underneath a resident's car.
Marysoul Mousa-Aqrawi said she was preparing to leave for work when neighbors alerted her to the events unfolding in her Sterling Heights driveway.
"And everybody's like 'there's an alligator under your car!' And I'm like 'are you serious?' And then I look and here we go -- he's laying down under my car," Mousa-Aqrawi told WXYZ-TV.
The Sterling Heights Police Department arrived on the scene and summoned assistance from The Reptarium, a zoo in Utica.
Zookeepers captured the gator and transported it to their facility for care.
Police said they believe the alligator was an illegal pet that either escaped or was set loose by its owner.
"The Sterling Heights Police Department would like to remind the public that as it may seem to be cool to own an exotic animal such as an alligator, its still very dangerous," the department said in a statement provided to The Detroit News. "Furthermore, against city ordinance to possess one."
Keeping dangerous exotic animals is a misdemeanor offense in Sterling Heights and carries a potential fine of up to $500.
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When will people realize alligators aren’t pets? Neither are snakes.
No reason to be alarmed, citizen.
The gaslighting never ceases.
They do like their gators shoes in Detroit...
Ha. Just watched that episode.
“And everybody’s like ..”
“And I’m like ..”
Good news is they didn’t have to kill that Gator to move him from under her car.
She should have just thrown a one legged Rooster down in front of the car, and stood back, as Gator grabbed his lunch
The Rooster could have been tied to a rope leading to a cage
What’s the driver’s name, again..Minnie Mouse?
“I wasn’t expecting to read this today”
You should plan better
I made a cioppino yesterday. $8/# Costco octopus, regular store scallops $9/# Shrimp $8/# clams $4/#. Outrageously good.
I make it once a year. Next year I will add gator.
That alligator is in danger.
You never know what your neighbor has in his bathtub...
The worst is, when exotic animals become too much to care for they’re released someplace where they likely can’t survive.
What is ‘gaslighting’ about that statement? It’s probably what happened.
A Floridian vacations in Michigan.
Go Lions!
Go Tigers!
See ya later alligator
Things that go right over my head for $500, Alex.
Sure it is.
Well, how do you suppose it did happen?
That’s exactly right, and that’s how we end up with stories like this in the Midwest.
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