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THUNDERSTORMS WILL STICK AROUND AND WHEN COOLER WILL ARRIVE, COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. >> THIS IS THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH WHEN THEY HAVE FOUND THIS YEAR. THAT’S A LITTLE RIDICULOUS. JANELLE: A SURPRISE DISCOVERY FOR A LOCAL COUPLE. AN ALLIGATOR, SPOTTED NEAR THE ALLEGHENY RIVER. THIS IS ONLY THE LATEST DISCOVERY TO HIT OUR AREA IN JUST A FEW MONTHS. JANELLE: ONLY ON 4, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER CHANDI CHAPMAN CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN WHO FOUND IT AND HOW HE MADE SURE THE GATOR WOULD BE SAFE. CHANDI: I TALKED WITH THE MAN WHO SPOTTED THE ALLIGATOR HERE IN LAWRENCEVILLE AND HELD IT IN HIS HANDS UNTIL POLICE SHOWED UP. A DAY ALONG THE ALLEGHENY RIVER IN LAWRENCEVILLE, TOOK AN UNEXPECTED TURN FOR GEORGE DESAVAGE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. >> WE WERE JUST DOWN THERE SITTING WATCHING THE SUNSET BY THE RIVER AND I HAPPENED TO GLANCE DOWN AND SEE IT JUST SITTING THERE. CHANDI: THIS IS WHAT HE SAW LAST NIGHT. AN ALLIGATOR, NOW NAMED GUS. >> SHE YELLED AT ME THE WHOLE TIME. DON’T TOUCH IT, LEAVE IT THERE. WE HAVE A VACATION COMING UP, SHE SAID YOU WANT TO GO WITH NO FINGERS. CHANDI: BUT GEORGE SAYS HE WANTED TO SAVE THE GATOR AND POSSIBLY PREVENT A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SOMEONE ELSE. >> THAT’S WHY I GRABBED IT, HOPING THAT IT WOULDN’T RUN AWAY . WHAT IF A LITTLE KIDS DOWN THERE OR SOMETHING. THEY COULD GET HURT. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. CHANDI: HERE’S A PICTURE OF GEORGE HOLDING THE REPTILE, {IT -- REPTILE. >> IT WAS CALM, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS HANDLED BY SOMEBODY BEFORE BECAUSE AS SOON AS I GRABBED IT, IT WENT KIND OF LIMP AND CALM AND DIDN’T SQUIRM OR TRY AND FIGHT OR ANYTHING. CHANDI: POLICE SHOWED UP, AND GUS IS NOW AT HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE IN HOMEWOOD. MELISSA SMITH WORKS AT THE SHELTER AND SAYS SHE BELIEVES THE REPTILE WAS SOMEONE’S PET. >> I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF REPTILE SHOWS IN THE AREA AND BABY ALLIGATORS ARE REALLY SMALL AND THEY ARE REALLY CUTE. IT’S A BABY REPITLE. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY THINKING HOW BIG THEY GET AND THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. >> IT’S RIDICULOUS PEOPLE KEEP GETTING THEM AS PETS AND JUST THROWING THEM IN THE RIVER. DON’T GET IT IF THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TO IT. CHANDI: AND GEORGE ALSO SUGGESTS NOT TRYING TO CATCH AN ALLIGATOR EITHER, EVEN IF HE DID IT HIMSELF. >> HONESTLY IF ANYBODY ELSE FINDS ONE MAYBE JUST CALL THE POLICE AND HOPE IT DOESN’T RUN UNTIL THEY GET THERE BECAUSE, DON’T BE LIKE ME. [LAUGHTER] CHANDI: THE SHELTER SAYS THIS IS THE SEVENTH ALLIGATOR THE SHELTER HAS RECEIVED THIS YEAR. REPORTING IN LAWRENCEVILLE, CHANDI CHAPMAN, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4. ANDREW: YOU COULD SAY 2019 HAS BEEN THE YEAR OF THE GATOR IN OUR AREA. SEVERAL GATORS WERE FOUND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. THEY WERE FOUND IN THE SOUTH SIDE FLATS, BEECHVIEW AND CARRICK NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL THOSE GATORS WERE TAKEN TO A SANCTUARY IN FLORIDA CALLED CROC ENCOUNTERS. IN JULY, A TWO-FOOT ALLIGATOR WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE SHALER GIANT EAGLE. JUST LIKE THE OTHERS IT’S BELIEVED THE GATOR WAS ONCE SOMEONE’S PE

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