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Related: About this forumEscaped alligator spotted crossing the street in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/escaped-crocodile-montreal-1.5397213Link to tweet
An alligator was spotted crossing Jarry Street East in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, after it escaped from a van parked nearby. Police confirmed the reptile belongs to a company that puts on exotic animal demonstrations.
Employees were stopping for lunch in the area, police said, and accidentally let the alligator get away. The animal made a break for it as the van's automatic door was closing.
It crossed Jarry Street near Chateaubriand Avenue and hid under a car, attracting some attention from pedestrians. Mayssam Samaha was having a coffee with a friend in Villeray, sitting by the window, when she noticed the alligator.
"It took a few seconds for my brain to comprehend what was happening," she told CBC Montreal's Daybreak.
Her friend ran into the street to try and stop traffic to let the animal cross the street. Samaha shot some video on her cellphone.
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Escaped alligator spotted crossing the street in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Dec 2019
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. Oh that poor thing! It should be in its own habitat, not being shuttled
around in the back of a van for display!!!
at140
(6,162 posts)2. There are gators in all the ponds around me in Florida
The gators do not attack people. Small pets are what they could attack.
When I am walking the trail in my sub-division, many times I will come across a gator sunning on the banks of ponds.
As soon as I get within 15-20 feet of the gator, the creature slithers quickly into the pond. I have lost my fear of gators.
Laffy Kat
(16,623 posts)3. I bet he or she is cold!
Surprised it can move at all in that temp.