Massive Alligator Found Swimming in Pennsylvania River!
Woah! We know this happens in Florida, but in PA? Turns out, the Gator was someone’s pet! Here are the details: Oscar is believed to have gotten out of the…

Photo taken on May 13, 2021 shows Yangtze alligators at a release point of the Anhui Chinese alligator national nature reserve in Jingxian County, east China’s Anhui Province. The nature reserve on Thursday released 51 artificially bred Yangtze alligators, also known as Chinese alligators, into the wild, with another 479 planned to be set free at different release points in the reserve. The nature reserve has begun reintroducing the endangered reptiles into the wild since 2003, and as of 2020, a total of 508 Chinese alligators have been released in 16 batches. (Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Han Xu via Getty Images)
Woah! We know this happens in Florida, but in PA? Turns out, the Gator was someone's pet!
Oscar is believed to have gotten out of the pen at the Wrightsville home sometime Thursday, the York Daily Record reported.
The home is about 100 feet from the river's west bank, and the 3-foot-long animal was spotted Friday morning in the Susquehanna.