By Virginia Kruta
City park workers shocked themselves — and passersby – when they dragged a four-foot-long alligator from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake on Sunday morning.
The alligator was reportedly spotted by park visitors early on Sunday, floating in the lake in an area that was often popular with children. The animal was lethargic, authorities say, possibly in shock because the cold temperatures in the lake did not meet those of the animal’s natural habitat.
Bring him south!! Poor guy!
Workers stunned as 4-foot alligator is hauled from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake https://t.co/fFHXoOoKYj
— Kerri Rawson (@KerriRawson) February 19, 2023
According to a report published Sunday by Spectrum News NY1, the alligator was taken first to an animal care center and then to the Bronx Zoo. No one was injured by the animal while it was in the park.