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400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC
nypost.com ^ | June 6, 2025 | Daryl Khan

Posted on 06/06/2025 6:00:22 AM PDT by V_TWIN

The scales of justice came for Pepe.

Cops detained – and rescued – a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and “charged” him on suspicion of being a “dinosaur.”

“Witnesses say he was just chilling and snapping, clearly ignoring the ‘no loitering or lounging on roadways’ sign,” the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a playful press release last week. “Pepe has been cited for Suspicion of Being a Dinosaur Without Proper Papers, Public Loitering with Intent to Sunbathe, and Obstructing Traffic.”

“He was 10 feet long, 400 pounds. He was an absolute monster,” Trevor Dunnell, spokesman for the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office told the Post Thursday.

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To: Sacajaweau

Was the horse’s name Cherry?


41 posted on 06/06/2025 11:51:46 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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