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HURRICANE, Utah (AP) -- Fishermen are used to seeing all sorts of creepy-crawlers when they set out on a pond, but in Utah, nobody expects the wildlife population to include an alligator.
Wildlife experts were surprised to get the call that a young alligator was roaming a pond outside Hurricane.
The Division of Wildlife Resources captured the reptile earlier this month. The alligator was just less than three feet long, which wildlife experts say is big enough to cause problems -- especially down the road.
The pond is well stocked with fish the alligator could feed on and continue to grow. It's also a popular fishing spot and families with small children go there.
DWR investigators say the alligator was likely once somebody's pet, but grew either too big or too aggressive and the owner set it loose in the wild.
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Information from: The Spectrum
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