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06-30-2016, 10:14 PM
5-foot Alligator that scared a Connecticut town turns out to be a stuffed toy
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Never assume a sleeping alligator is just a stuffed toyThis time it was, but never assume.
Folks in Suffield, Connecticut, briefly thought they had a serious gator problem (http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/06/28/alligator-spotted-along-connecticut-river-stuffed-toy?s_campaign=bcom%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter) by the Connecticut river.*The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in a **tably brief investigation, found out that it wasn't responsive to sound, touch or much of anything.
It was a a five-foot long stuffed toy. A realistic one at that, but **t realistic e**ugh to eat anyone.
** word yet from officials on who placed it there, or for what reason (even though scaring people is most likely a reason). Everyone is just relieved that it wasn't an actual living thing, hungry for townsfolk. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/stuffed-alligator-toy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It was a a five-foot long stuffed toy. A realistic one at that, but **t realistic e**ugh to eat anyone.
** word yet from officials on who placed it there, or for what reason (even though scaring people is most likely a reason). Everyone is just relieved that it wasn't an actual living thing, hungry for townsfolk. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/30/stuffed-alligator-toy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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