‘Alligator’ causes panic in Iowa apartment complex

Animal control officials in Iowa thought they were hunting down an alligator but instead they got a crock.

The animal experts were called to a Des Moines apartment parking lot to deal with a large reptile that turned out to be a stuffed animal. “While their fear was real, the alligator, it turns out, was not,” the Animal Rescue League of Iowa Animal Services posted on its Facebook page.