TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Tina Brewer says her Great Dane wasn't just woofin' when he set up a racket in the front yard of her home.
Brewer said she went out to the front yard about 3 a.m. Tuesday when the dog, named Sir Harley Rhodes, began barking furiously. Brewer said she didn't see anything amiss until she noticed a dark object moving in her driveway.
She said the object turned out to be a six-foot alligator.
According to Brewer, she contacted police, who then notified state Game & Fish Commission Wildlife Technician Mike Harris.
Harris, who captured the alligator, said it appeared to have taken refuge in Brewer's yard after having been struck by a vehicle. But he said the animal's wounds didn't appear severe — the worst was about a foot of missing tail — and he released it near the Red River at Fulton.
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