Animal enforcement officers in Gary, Ind., have captured an alligator found wandering in the city.

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The 3-foot alligator captured Tuesday was found in a local mobile home park, the Gary Post-Tribune reported Wednesday. Residents said they spotted the alligator creeping through the park Monday.

"It had been running around for at least that one day," police Lt. Sam Roberts said.

Roberts said none of the park's residents knew how the alligator, which is not native to the area, ended up in the park.

Ashley Kirkpatrick, a veterinarian's assistant at the Westchester Animal Clinic in Porter, Ind., said the alligator was healthy but cold when police brought it in.

The incident follows a discovery two months ago of a dead alligator in a Gary dumpster.