An alligator was found in a Detroit vacant parking lot after its owner abandoned the five-foot long reptile there, but has now found a new home.
The alligator was originally found Thursday night after being tossed out of a truck in temperatures hovering just above freezing, WDIV-TV reports. The 5-foot-long alligator was found in an abandoned lot on Detroit's east side.
According to the report, a man helped rescue the reptile after neighbors say they saw someone toss it out of a truck.
Shontez Gibson was with his uncle when he saw the alligator being dumped into the field and decided to rescue it.
"A black truck pulled up, they got out and I thought they was dumping a body," said Shontez Gibson, who helped rescue the exotic animal. "So, I told my uncle. My uncle said, 'Come on, let's go see.' My uncle chased the truck up the street and they stopped, so my uncle ran back. And when we got back in the field I said, 'No, it's an alligator.'"
The Michigan Humane Society is now the new home of this five-foot-long alligator after they picked up the animal on Friday and took it to its facility that handles exotics.
Detroit fields and lots often are used as illegal dumping grounds for trash and other refuse, according to the Associated Press.
