McLean County Farm Bureau

ALLIGATOR SPOTTED IN CHICAGO PARK LAGOON –

An alligator is living in a lagoon in one of Chicago’s busiest city parks — and officials are working early Wednesday to remove the creature, police said. The gator — estimated to be between 4 and 5 feet long — was first spotted at the Humboldt Park Lagoon on the city’s West Side early Tuesday by visitors who spotted the reptile’s head poking out of the water. Department officials confirmed later Tuesday while working with state reptile specialists that the animal was indeed in the lagoon and would be “humanely trapped” before being sent to a zoo to be evaluated. (New York Post)