A bizarre sighting in a Wisconsin neighborhood created a big stir. Kids found an alligator wandering around the suburbs of Kenosha, Wisconsin.The man who owns it told sister station WISN that he had it in the backyard where it was enjoying the sun in a kiddie pool when it wandered into the street and was found by some curious kids and their concerned mom. Some Kenosha police officers have themselves a memory for a lifetime — a call they’ll likely never get again.”Our dispatchers gave the call out, you know, respond to an alligator in the roadway at 22nd Avenue and 24th Street, and you could hear the chuckle in the voice from the dispatchers,” Kenosha police Lt. Joseph Nosalik said. But that’s exactly what the police found there.”Turns out some kids enjoying summertime outside playing spotted this alligator in the street, were playing too close to the street, and mom yells at them to get away from the street. ‘But mom, there’s an alligator here.’ Sure enough, there’s an alligator in the road,” Nosalik said.By the time he realized the gator was gone, police had already recovered it. The owner said while it could bite, it really isn’t dangerous.”It’s not gonna attack your dog or cat,” owner David Prill said.”But you understand why there was some excitement here,” Bohr said.”I completely understand why there’s some excitement, and that’s why I don’t tell anyone because they freak out. But it’s harmless,” Prill said.Police determined there’s nothing illegal about keeping an alligator and returned it to the owner.”There’s a lot of sad news that we deal with, and to be able to respond to a call like this and have few laughs during your daytime, yeah, it’s badly needed I think so they did enjoy it,” Nosalik said. Prill said he was just keeping the alligator for a few weeks for a friend who couldn’t have it anymore. He said his folks have a big place in Florida with a pond, and he plans to take it down there before the cold weather hits. He’s also promising to keep a closer eye on it in the meantime.
A bizarre sighting in a Wisconsin neighborhood created a big stir.
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Kids found an alligator wandering around the suburbs of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The man who owns it told sister station WISN that he had it in the backyard where it was enjoying the sun in a kiddie pool when it wandered into the street and was found by some curious kids and their concerned mom.
Some Kenosha police officers have themselves a memory for a lifetime — a call they’ll likely never get again.
“Our dispatchers gave the call out, you know, respond to an alligator in the roadway at 22nd Avenue and 24th Street, and you could hear the chuckle in the voice from the dispatchers,” Kenosha police Lt. Joseph Nosalik said.
But that’s exactly what the police found there.
“Turns out some kids enjoying summertime outside playing spotted this alligator in the street, were playing too close to the street, and mom yells at them to get away from the street. ‘But mom, there’s an alligator here.’ Sure enough, there’s an alligator in the road,” Nosalik said.
By the time he realized the gator was gone, police had already recovered it.
The owner said while it could bite, it really isn’t dangerous.
“It’s not gonna attack your dog or cat,” owner David Prill said.
“But you understand why there was some excitement here,” Bohr said.
“I completely understand why there’s some excitement, and that’s why I don’t tell anyone because they freak out. But it’s harmless,” Prill said.
Police determined there’s nothing illegal about keeping an alligator and returned it to the owner.
“There’s a lot of sad news that we deal with, and to be able to respond to a call like this and have few laughs during your daytime, yeah, it’s badly needed I think so they did enjoy it,” Nosalik said.
Prill said he was just keeping the alligator for a few weeks for a friend who couldn’t have it anymore.
He said his folks have a big place in Florida with a pond, and he plans to take it down there before the cold weather hits.
He’s also promising to keep a closer eye on it in the meantime.
