Alligator found hiding under parked car in Detroit suburb

UPI ^ | October 04, 2024 | Ben Hooper

[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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[Red Badger]

Detroit Gator Ping!......................

[gundog]

Who can blame it? Detroit ain’t safe.

[TornadoAlley3]

First you make a roux….

[rdl6989]

I wasn’t expecting to read this today.

[Tell It Right]

The Michigan Wolverines could probably beat the Gators. I’m not sure about the Detroit Lions. LOL

[OwenKellogg]

This happens to me every day.

I need to retire.

[chief lee runamok]

The cop standing in the victim’s flower bed is priceless.

[kaktuskid]

Don’t think gators are halal.

[lowbridge]

“I need to retire.”

To Florida.

[GaltAdonis]

”… a roux …”

Yeah!

Forget the price of scallops or tiger shrimp when you find a gator under you car!

[Beowulf9]

Says they called out the expert but the expert looks like the girl who owned the car?

[BradyLS]

Giant gators in Texas. Four-footers in Detroit.

They’re takin’ over!

[Red Badger]

She got to hold the gator.................

[Redcitizen]

If Mohammed had tasted Cajun gator, he would have made gators halal.

[Larry Lucido]

Jack Klompus was back in Alligator Alley again?

[DannyTN]

"This happens to me every day."

Quite hiding under peoples cars.

[Jim W N]

Guess that’s better than, “There’s a snake in my boot!”.

[FamiliarFace]

Sadly, I think you’re right about the Wolverines and the Gators this year. Where have my Fightin’ Gators gone?

[Jim W N]

I hate it when that happens...