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

CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Motel staff never know what they may find left in the room after visitors check out, but the staff at Pine River Motel in Cheboygan found something that's ...

Staff at a Michigan motel were shocked to find a live alligator left behind by a recent guest. The scaly three-foot-long reptile, Wally, was found in the Pine River Motel in Cheboygan on Friday ...

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 left behind by a man who had been showing the alligator at local schools.

An investigation revealed the alligator had been left behind by a guest, an exotic animal handler, police said. The man was in Cheboygan with “several exotic animals” for presentations with elementary ...

I always have him look under the beds for garbage, paper, anything like that,” said Gary, Pine River Motel. “You boys won’t believe this. There’s a literal alligator in one of the rooms ...

Motel staff in Michigan were shocked to discover an alligator under the bed of a room when they went to tidy it up ...

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. — Of all the strange items left behind at a motel, alligator now tops the list for the employees at the Pine River Motel. Yep — Alligator. Sparkly teeth, scaly tail ...