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Alligators & New York City Sewers - the legend starter...

Glenn Bartley

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This past Saturday, The Long Island (NY) Newsday had an interseting look back in history in a section called "It Happened In New York". If you ever wanted to know where the legend of Alligators being found in the New York City sewer system was started click on the follwoing links. The first one is the Newsday piece, and the second one is allegedly a verbatim reproduction of a NY Times article dated February 10, 1935. Makes you wonder if it really happened - maybe......

Newsday Article

NY TIMES Article

Fun reading. Anybody know any of the guys mentioned in the Times article? They would be in their mid to late eighties if they are still alive. It would be interesting to talk to one of them to find out if it was a hoax or the real McCoy.

Best reagrds,
Glenn B
 
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