Sunday, June 24, 2007

Gator Update: Philly Edition

United Press International - NewsTrack - Quirks - Friendly sunbathing alligator found in Pa.: "PHILADELPHIA, June 24 (UPI) -- Authorities in Norristown, Pa., are at a loss to explain where a 4 1/2-foot alligator came from before it was discovered last week sunbathing on a rock.

While the reptile eventually was captured and now resides in the Elmwood Park Zoo, officials were left to speculate where the potentially deadly animal may have come from, The Philadelphia Inquirer said Saturday.

'Obviously a pet gone wrong,' animal control officer Shawn Tarman said of the gator."

4 comments:

Peter Rozovsky said...

Perhaps now you'll stop bragging about how great Texas is.
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Unknown said...

Whoops. My bad. Can't believe "Smiles" got out again...

Anonymous said...

I keep telling my Norristown (not Philly) pal Jeff Segal he should be reading this blog. Now if just gets et he'll have no one else to blame, aside from Smiles (who clearly knows his way around public transportation to get out to N'town).

Unknown said...

Texas gators are all bigger than Smiles!