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An Alligator Surfaces At A Chicago Lagoon And A City Snaps To Attention

The alligator was spotted in a city park on Tuesday, but has so far managed to evade capture, despite the efforts of a local wrangler known as Alligator Bob.
A volunteer with the Chicago Herpetological Society, known as Alligator Bob, sets out in his canoe to find an alligator on the loose in a Chicago lagoon this week.

It's the Cubs, Bulls and Bears that usually get Chicagoans talking, but this week the animal that has residents snapping to attention is a real live alligator cruising through a lagoon in the city.

The alligator, estimated to be between four and five-feet long, was spotted Tuesday in the unlikely locale of Humboldt

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