Shiver me timbers!

Just in time for Halloween -- there's a real scare found on the Ohio River in Covington!

A man found a small alligator sunbathing on the shore and was showing it off in Mainstrasse Village on Sunday morning.

Terry said he plans to take the tiny gator to the zoo or will call Animal Control to handle it.

It is not unheard of to find alligators in Kentucky. Over the summer, a Nicholasville woman spotted one in her backyard pond, according to the Herald-Leader. Officials there planned to take the tiny gator to the Louisville Zoo or the Cincinnati Zoo, according to a news release.

Have you ever spotted a gator nearby?

-Staff report

Photos provided by Charles Killian