'I want to see it': Video captures loose alligator at Virginia motel
At least it didn't ask for room service.
A video posted on Facebook by the Fairfax County police department shows an alligator loose on the premises of a Virginia motel.
Officers responded to the Budget Host Alexandria Motel in Alexandria at around 12:10 a.m. on June 16 due to reports of the alligator, according to the post.
A guest can be heard saying, "I want to see it," after being alerted to the alligator's presence by a responding officer.
The department said that the owner of the alligator was transporting it from New York to North Carolina for a zoo.
Why couldn't the alligator stay at the motel?
The department said in the post that the alligator was escorted out of the county.
Under Virginia law, it is "unlawful for the owner or keeper of any exotic reptile or type of reptile not native to the Commonwealth of Virginia, including but not limited to the American alligator, to keep the reptile in any manner that will permit its escape or to knowingly permit the reptile to run at large."
A violation of the law is a class 2 misdemeanor.