Gator not caught yet

The gator is still out there.

Bry Loyst, the curator of the Indian River Reptile Zoo, has been called in to catch the reptile, spotted floating in a large pond near Confederation Park.

He thinks it is a crocodilian, one of the world's 23 species of alligators and crocodiles.

Loyst says he regularly catches alligators, including one in London last year, that are abandoned in lakes and ponds when they grow too big for owners to keep.

He came up empty last night but the conservation authority says it will continue to keep an eye on the pond.