The Animal Rescue League of Iowa posted on Facebook that animal services officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in Des Moines due to a reported of a 4-foot alligator loose in the parking lot.
"Residents of a Des Moines apartment complex walked out and were startled to see a large reptile resting in the parking lot. They immediately reported it and waited anxiously until our Animal Services Officer arrived. While their fear was real, the alligator, it turns out, was not."
The alleged alligator actually was a 4-foot-long plush toy and is now safely under the supervision of the rescue league.
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