Uh ok that would be something weird to find in a pond in that area.  At least it was a sealed off pond and not an open one.  I can remember as a kid going to ponds all the time to catch snakes and frogs and such.  Imagine if this was open and that thing got hold of some kid.  Do they have any idea where it came from?

Maybe he was reading the news, and saw that one in Pennsylvania was doing it, so he decided he better give it a try....

I hope they can capture him before the really cold weather sets in.  It's a shame that someone put him in that situation and didn't think about it before they did it.  Somethign tells me that if they had called the local zoo and sadi they had an alligator they couldn't keep anymore, the zoo would take it.

Of course, maybe it's illegal to have one, so they didn't want to expose themselves for breaking the law.  Just a shame if this guy dies though, but it's the owners fault.

This year has been crazy, Gators in Pennsylvania, Ohio trying to turn into the African Plains and now a gator in Oregon. What will be next, Polar Bears in Florida or maybe a walrus? I think it was last year we had a gator in Colorado over by Crawford. As stated, I am sure they are all unwanted pets and it is pretty sad that people will just toss them out into the wild knowing they have no chance to make it. Just glad no one have been hurt.

A follow up to this. Multnomah county officals called in a reptile expert named the "gator guy" who jumped in the pond and wrestled the gator and got him to shore. Taped up the snout and packed it away in the back of his truck and drove it away to a shelter. I'll se if I can find the follow up story on the news site. this guy had some pretty funny quotes.

It was probably a pet gator that someone didn't want any more. Had that happen in Loveland, Colorado years ago. Some kid was playing with his dog where the thing was hanging out. Dog got are by a 5' gator. They said it was a pet not wanted anymore so it got turned loose.