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Posted on 09/26/2025 7:46:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Jinseioshi, a 5-foot-long, 32-pound pet alligator living in Washington County, gets to go to a lot of different places.
According to her owner, Wesley Silva, 60, she’s been to Denny’s and a Bob Evans restaurant. And until recently, she made regular appearances at a West Brownville Walmart.
Sadly, Jinseioshi won’t be allowed in Walmart any longer, as she’s been banned from the store.
The ban came after some customers spotted the alligator in the store being pushed around in a shopping cart while she was wearing a dress.
“We have been going to that Walmart for about 3½ years, and normally the reaction is ‘That’s pretty cool’ or ‘That is awesome that you have a pet alligator, man!’” Silva said to NBC News.
However, some customers apparently weren’t so thrilled to be seeing a pet alligator in their store and directed their concerns to Walmart management, which then let it be known that Silva couldn’t bring Jinseioshi into the store any longer.
“The safety of our customers and associates is our highest priority,” a Walmart spokesperson told NBC News. “We welcome service animals in our stores, but it is unacceptable to expose members of the public to potential danger.”
Silva said he got the alligator from a neighbor who couldn’t take care of her any longer.
A pastor at a Baptist church, Silva also owns a dog, six snakes, a leopard gecko, a Komodo dragon, an ocellated skink and — yes — another alligator.
“In the Bible, God talks about us having dominion over animals, and I developed an affinity for the reptiles,” he said to the news outlet. “I find them very soothing.”
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Well many of the so called “support animals” require riding in the grocery buggy, in a stroller, or even on the motorized shopping carts.
,,, maybe everyone’s missing the real source of emotional security in this story - the reptile’s upstaging the pink t-shirt.
We have a heck of a time finding pet free hotels.
It used to be considered a health & safety issue.
I guess that doesn’t matter anymore.. :/
That was my first thought, as well. 🐊👢
So does the gator.
“He’s helping me snap up those deals”
😃😄🤣🤣🤣😂
He just wouldn’t stay away from the fish tanks...
Fair point! I missed that.
Cats have staff.
No worse than a yapping, nasty little rat dog
Swamp puppy
5 FEET LONG DOES NOT ===32 POUNDS
“ Jinseioshi”?! WTF is up with black people? Whatever happened to Mary, Anne, Daphne, Jennifer…
I once saw a guy walking around a Walmart with a parrot on his shoulder. And no, he wasn’t dressed as a pirate.
The next step will be people wearing “furry”animal suits in stores so they can be their own emotional support animals. That will take shoplifting to a whole new level. Imagine how much merchandise you can stuff inside a full body furry suit.
that I picked up on LV-426...
Would that be allowed?
No. Those things are born with an attitude problem and they drool all over everything.
“I have an emotional support Xenomorph
that I picked up on LV-426...”
Be careful with that. I heard from a reliable source at the NY Times that in recent years the Yautja have been arriving to hunt.
Maybe if you put your xenomorph in a dress it will go undetected.
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