The viral story in Cheboygan making headlines statewide, a man staying at a local motel left without his pet alligator, ...

We just went in to clean the room and, when my nephew looked under the bed, Wally was there,” motel manager Gary said.

Wally, a 3-foot dwarf alligator, was visiting Cheboygan elementary schools before his owner left him in a motel room, ...

An investigation revealed the alligator had been left behind by a guest, an exotic animal handler, police said. The man was ...

He didn't try biting anybody or anything. But ... he hissed at me and that was probably pretty much to say, 'Leave me alone.' ...

There's only a handful of states in America where you need to be prepared for possible encounters with an alligator, and Michigan is decidedly not one of ...

Wally, a three-feet alligator, was found making himself comfortable under a bed at a hotel room in Michigan by shocked staff after he had been left behind by a guest ...

CHEBOYGAN — An unexpected visitor was found at Pine River Motel on Friday: an alligator. Staffers at the motel found the ...

A worker at the Pine River Motel in Cheboygan on Friday, March 14, 2025, found a 3-foot alligator under a bed. It had been ...

Staff at Pine River Motel in Cheboygan discovered an alligator left behind by its owner, who was in town for exotic animal ...

Police near the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula were called to a motel to help secure an unusual piece of left-behind property: a live alligator.