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OKC man bitten by alligator thing hiding in garden…

2:31 PM EDT on September 1, 2020

Weird question for you. Have you ever found yourself floating in the pool, enjoying the sun, letting your mind wander, and thought – "What would I do if an alligator was in the pool?"

It's not a serious thought – you know an alligator probably won't bust through the drains while you're on a floatie sipping on a cocktail – but just like pretending you scored the game-winning basket or escorted Joleen Chaney to the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival Ball, it's kind of fun to imagine how you might react in that situation... Right?

Anyway, if you're a weirdo who was also traumatized by the movie Alligator at a young age, congratulations! You'll be prepared on the off-chance some guy loses his caiman – a reptilian cousin of alligators – in your neighborhood.

Via KOCO:

Residents of metro neighborhood upset after alligator-like reptile escapes owner's care

Residents of a southwest Oklahoma City neighborhood are upset after a small alligator-like reptile escaped its owner.

“Oh, dear god,” Tara Cantwell said... “All of us, for five weeks, had to keep our eye out that every time we went to walk with our families there wasn’t an alligator scurrying across somebody’s yard, coming to snatch your little ankles."