Pittsburgh marks its 4th alligator sighting since May
 

next a half eaten bum??? :Oh crap
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A baby alligator has been found far from the tropics in the parking lot of a grocery store near Pittsburgh. It's the fourth alligator discovered around the city since May. Shaler Township Police Lt. Dave Banko tells the Tribune Review an employee found the 2-foot-long creature Friday morning near a garbage can at the Giant Eagle grocery store.
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The police department posted on its Facebook page that reptile's owner should send them a message. Paul McIntyre, of Big Daddy Wildlife Removal, says the animal was healthy, docile and seems like a pet.

Three other gators have been found around Pittsburgh since May. On June 8, a 2½-foot-long alligator was found on a home's porch. Two days earlier, a man walking his dog spotted a 5-foot-long alligator in front of a garage. On May 18, a 3-foot-long gator was captured near a park.

There's no word on whether the gator sightings are related.

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Climate change is real

so is basic geography and common sense

problem may be people taking them as pets. they are aggressive. hot weather is not a problem for them.

Several alligator sightings lately and a few attacks. But of all places that bring alligators to mind, Pittsburgh isn’t on the list. Southern areas, swamps, and maybe a single pet in Iowa, but Pittsburgh??

First was Jaws. Next is Sharp Teeth!?

We're getting occasional sightings of brown recluse spiders in our region. Usually they're not found quite this far north of the Great Lakes. I came across one along a trail in one of our parks a few summers back.

be careful! they will attack