Kansas alligator

Some years ago, golfers in Ulysses, Kan., discovered an alligator in a water hazard. Someone apparently had gotten a baby gator as a pet. When it got too big, its owners dumped it on the golf course. Leaving aside the dubious morality of abandoning a dangerous predator, what sort of fools would want one as a pet? Cue up the Jaws theme! (This particular gator is sunning itself in a Louisiana swamp.)

Fortunately, this Kansas “alligator” is not a predatory reptile.

It’s just a log with a “head and eyes.” Amazing what a little imagination can conjure up from an innocent object.