Alligator found early Sunday morning in Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Law enforcement got to see an unusual sight Sunday morning, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 4:46 a.m. on August 4, RCSO Sergeant Crews was headed into Spencer on Long Ferry Road when he spotted an alligator in the road.

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission officers responded and took the reptile into their care. The carnivorous creature is now at a zoo in eastern North Carolina, according to N.C. Wildlife Sergeant Barbee.

“Never know what you might run across on night shift patrol in Rowan County,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote, calling the incident an “Alligator Adventure.”

Authorities say they do not know where the alligator came from. The critters mainly live near the coastal and southwest parts of the state and are not typically seen in this area . It is also illegal to own an alligator in North Carolina.

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