Kicker - A scaly pool party

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Police in a coastal North Carolina community recently responded to reports of an attempted break-in.

But this wasn’t exactly the kind of call the Sunset Beach Police Department is accustomed to.

The suspect wasn’t trying to break into a home, a business, or a car but rather, a swimming pool.

He was quite short, but also quite long—about 10 feet long with scaly skin, and lots of sharp teeth.

When officers arrived, they found that the alligator had powered through the fencing. But he was having a little trouble getting into the pool itself.

Police escorted the gator to a nearby pond.

Happy ending for everyone!

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