Alligator found in Detroit home being moved to Florida Woman finds alligator in son’s bedroom
DETROIT – After a Detroit woman’s son died, she found an alligator in his bedroom.
The woman called Mark Rosenthal of Animal Magic on Nov. 18 for help.
Background --> Detroit woman buried her son this weekend. Then she found an alligator in his bedroom
Rosenthal went to the Detroit home and found the alligator in a six-foot aquarium, with no room to move. He then brought the alligator, now named “Navi-gator,” to the sanctuary.
Navi-gator is now moving to a sanctuary in Florida. Rosenthal joined Local 4 Live with the gator to talk about the journey. You can watch the full interview at the top of this article.
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