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Gator Caper was a Hoax
Posted by Terry Van Veen | POST A COMMENT
It
turns out the Stirling ``Gator Caper'' may be a hoax. Police in Stirling-Rawdon, northwest of
Belleville, Ont., had released a photo last week of what appeared to be a small
alligator in the community's Mill Pond. They
warned people to be careful, and a crew from the Indian River Reptile Zoo near
Peterborough, Ont., took to the water in canoes looking for evidence of the
gator. Stirling-Rawdon police now say
analysis of the photograph by the provincial police forensic ID unit has
determined it's a picture of a photograph of an alligator.
Ron Main supplied the picture of the metre-foot long reptile to media, and it was then disseminated by police. No charges will be laid against Main as he didn't directly send the photograph to police.
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