After spending enough time watching sovereign citizens crash out during traffic stops on YouTube like I have, you start to realize Michigan is the Florida of the midwest. Think about it; Michigan is a swamp-based peninsula with two decent cities and a lot of room for weirdos who think “driving” and “traveling” are legally distinct. Now that reputation is solidified further with the credible appearance of a whole-ass alligator in Detroit’s Belle Isle state park.
Now, I’m not talking about a sick pair of alligator shoes, which regularly make their appearance on the most fashionable feet of Detroit’s men, but an honest to god, scaly reptile usually found in the swamps and golf courses of the American southeast in states like North Carolina, Louisiana and Florida. A resident of Hamtramck managed to snap a few shots of the snapper, and Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources confirms the gator seems legit. From the Detroit Free Press:
Staff at Belle Isle Park responded to a possible alligator sighting on Friday, Sept. 26, according to the DNR. Park staff have yet to see the alligator themselves, but they did review a civilian photograph and used geolocation data to determine that the report is “credible and consistent.”…