Friday, May 25, 2007

They got ‘em!

Reggie The Alligator Believed Captured

Reggie, the 6 ½ foot alligator that has been swimming in a LA park lake for the last two years, has finally been captured. But not before it became a celebrity. (This is LA we’re talking about. I mean, sheesh, everybody can become a celebrity in LA.)
The gator inspired a zydeco song, two children's books and innumerable T-shirts. Students at Los Angeles Harbor College next to the lake adopted Reggie as a second mascot and the story of Los Angeles' mysterious urban alligator went worldwide.

I have just one question: People being what they are and this being LA, how long before Reggie II shows up?

Okay, a second question: Why "Believed Captured"? I mean you got a 6 1/2 foot long alligator wrestled to a standstill, strapped to a board and taken to the reptile specialists at the zoo, who, I assume, know an alligator when they see one. So why is it only "believed captured"? If I don't believe, will it still be swimming in the park lake? Or is there a possibility that there is more than one 6 1/2 foot long gators swimming around in the 50 acre lake?

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