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The sewer alligator is a colloquial term for alligators that live in sewers outside alligators' native range. Some cities in which sewer alligators have supposedly been found are New York City and Paris. Accounts of fully grown sewer alligators are unproven, but small alligators are sometimes rescued from sewers. [1]
New York City has unveiled a sculpture paying homage to one of the city’s most enduring myths: Alligators lurking in the sewers.
A legend so intriguing that even Queen Silvia of Sweden came for the comemoration
Chase was inspired by the urban legend of alligators living in sewers, in particular an account of alligators being found in New York City. In 1977 he announced the film would be set in Wisconsin and made for $1.8 million in Georgia, of which $100,000 was allocated for the alligator.
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Two public sculptures in New York depict an alligator dragging a hapless victim into a manhole. [39] Alligators have been known to get into combined storm sewers in the southeastern United States. Closed-circuit television by a sewer repair company captured an alligator in a combined storm sewer on tape. [40]
The New York Times published a 2003 account describing the interaction of a 4-year-old boy with the sewer alligator. After jumping on the alligator's head and trying to wrestle the little man from his bronze jaws, the observer notes that the boy, "about to give up, he kicked the alligator, his foot connecting solidly with the bronze head.
As "Good Morning America" reports, it turns out alligators actually DO pop out of sewers. Yikes! "This guy ... right here, that's right. Look at that. Spotted at a country club in Sarasota, Florida.