Officials speak out after video confirms sighting of giant, alligator-like lizard along busy road: ‘Why … would someone have that for a pet?’

For Renee Aland, it was another regular morning … until she glanced out her car window and saw what appeared to be an alligator-sized lizard. Aland’s eyes weren’t deceiving her. She called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to report the sighting; after she shared a video of the lizard, they agreed it was likely an Asian water monitor, according to the Miami Herald.

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