New York has the legend. Florida has the actual alligator.
A public works crew in Oviedo, Florida, sent a camera-equipped robot into a stormwater pipe to figure out why a stretch of road kept developing sinkholes. What they found, staring back at the camera, was a 5-foot-long American alligator.
The City of Oviedo posted the footage to its Facebook page, where users promptly lost their collective mind in the comments. “Just another reason not to go wandering down into the stormwater pipes!” a city spokesperson wrote, which feels like an understated public safety announcement for Florida…