There have not been too many “out-of-place” alligator reports during the summer of 2014, yet. But here’s one from, where else, but Wisconsin, to break the silence.

Know of any others that I might have missed during my recent absences?

On Sunday morning, July 20, 2014, a 4-foot-long alligator was caught in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

A team of sheriff’s deputies and Sheboygan police officers captured the crocodilian in a ditch near the Sheboygan River after a brief search that started in the 2700 block of Indiana Ave. in the city of Sheboygan.

The sheriff’s office received a call around 10:30 a.m. Sunday of an alligator sighting in that block, east of S. Taylor Drive. It was taken into custody soon after that.

Photographs courtesy of the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office.

Thanks to Richard Heiden