Live Alligator found in Residential Suburban New Jersey

[jcgriff2]

A guy reported finding a ~3' live alligator in a large plastic box container near his driveway upon returning home the other night -

Young Alligator Found Abandoned in Plastic Bin on Empty New Jersey Lot

The city where this occurred is a few miles inland from the beach, but there is no way that this ~2-year-old alligator crawled there and into the tote box from the Atlantic Ocean! The article says that North Carolina is about as far north as alligators are found in the US and are accustomed to warmer weather than freezing NJ winters offer. NC is at least 500 miles south of NJ.

 

[Gary R]

No doubt abandoned by some idiot who thought it would be cool to have a Gator as a pet, and then as it started growing, finally realised what a truly stupid idea that really was.

Probably got the notion from Social Media, where so may stupid ideas are promulgated these days.