Phan Paul wrote:swishnicholson wrote:I got a message from my kids' principal today, warning that an alligator had been spotted in the pond behind the school. That doesn't happen every day.
Apparently, alligators are becoming more common here in S. Arkansas.Even so, it would probably be news if one showed up at school. Where do you live? I'm guessing it was a pet at one time.
Haddonfield, NJ. A released pet is the likely theory, and it's not long after spring break so maybe someone thought it would be cool to catch one n Florida and then found it wasn't so cool to keep it in the house after a while. It's been reported as four feet long, so that probably means 2-2 1/2 feet.
However, there was a sewer line break into this pond not so long ago, so I like the theory better that it's been growing in the pipes of Haddonfield for the past thirty years or so, and fed to enormous size by radioactive waste dumped illegally by one of the Borough Commissioners is about to emerge from the pond to wreak havoc on the local Junior Women's Club.
It's just a theory, though.