A man angling for catfish on Utah Lake last weekend with his 8-year-old daughter instead caught a four-foot alligator, a tropical predator that has no business in Utah, at least outside a zoo. Neal, who asked that only his first name be used, kept the reptile in a cooler and took it to the home of his in-laws, Max and Whitney Powers of Provo. Dubbed âAlliâ by the manâs daughter, the gator on Wednesday was basking in a pond in the Powersâ fenced yard, while the Utah Division of Wildlife Resource... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>
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