News From Canada: “Gator On The Loose” Turns Out To Be a Large Beaver

Brampton continues to market itself as the Florida of Canada.

Police in Brampton, Ontario, received a complaint on Saturday evening of a "five-to-six foot" alligator on the loose. After a brief investigation, police determined it was just a large beaver.

Just for reference, the average North American beaver is around a meter long, including its tail. Your average American alligator, on the other hand, is about triple that size, which opened up the whole situation to even more questions including "How do you confuse a beaver for an alligator?", "What is happening in Brampton?" and "Is social isolation melting all our brains?".



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    Text - PEEL REGIONAL POLICE Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice ANIMAL COMPLAINT - Area of Creditview Rd/James Potter Rd in #Brampton Reports of alligator in storm drainage pond - Officers on scene searching for 5-6 foot alligator - I always thought they only had 4 feet. - Officers are ready to provide Gator-aid - PR20-0143233- 4:00 am · 2 May 2020 · Hootsuite Inc. 1.9K Retweets 7.1K Likes
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    Text - Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice PEEL REGIONAL POLICE UPDATE: - Officers from @CityBrampton Animal Control are on scene and assisting officers in the search. - No further updates yet. - Will share more as I get it. 4:44 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App 29 Retweets 362 Likes
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    Text - Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice PEEL RECIONAL POLICE UPDATE: - The park will be closed to the public, so that @CityBrampton Animal Services or @ONresources can attend and conduct a search during daylight hours. 6:19 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App 22 Retweets 266 Likes
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    Text - Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice PEEL RECIONAL POLICE UPDATE: - Animal Control Officers from the City of Brampton have attended. Based on video from social media, they have determined that it was a beaver in the water and not an alligator. 8:44 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App 458 Retweets 2K Likes
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    Text - Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice PEEL RECIONAL POLICE UPDATE: - Animal Control Officers from the City of Brampton have attended. Based on video from social media, they have determined that it was a beaver in the water and not an alligator. 8:44 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App 458 Retweets 2K Likes
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    Text - Eddie Mikus @eddiemikus Replying to @PeelPolice Out of curiosity: Do the two animals look ANYTHING alike? 5:29 pm · 2 May 2020 · Twitter for iPhone
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    Text - so this is Peaches... @PeachesSo Replying to @PeelPolice PLEASE show us the video! SO many questions. Was it a really big beaver? was it green? did it have big pointy teeth? (maybe it was a wolf.) Is there an interview with the person who reported it? because THAT would be funny..lol 1:29 pm · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App
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    Text - Greeva @greevabhalla alligators are back on brampton streets. nature is healing. humans are the virus Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice · 2 May POLICE ANIMAL COMPLAINT - Area of Creditview Rd/James Potter Rd in #Brampton - Reports of alligator in storm drainage pond - Officers on scene searching for 5-6 foot alligator - I always thought they only had 4 feet.. Officers are ready to provide Gator-aid - PR20-0143233 Show this thread 4:27 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App 28 Retweets 259 Likes
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    Forehead - marium @mariumks the alligator when it travelled so far only to end up in brampton
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    Text - Shane @shane_sn Sounds like they need... an investi-gator i G Peel Regional Police @PeelPolice · 2 May ANIMAL COMPLAINT - Area of Creditview Rd/James Potter Rd in #Brampton Reports of alligator in storm drainage pond - Officers on scene searching for 5-6 foot alligator - I always thought they only had 4 feet.. - Officers are ready to provide Gator-aid - PR20-0143233 Show this thread 4:24 am · 2 May 2020 · Twitter for Android 17 Retweets 207 Likes
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    Vehicle - kishan @_kishanmistry Brampton is the Florida of the North. You really can't make this up a CP24 @CP24 · 2 May Police investigating reported sightings of alligator in Brampton cp24.to/UOEytAj POLICE ENCS-D 212 POLICE POLICE www.peelpolice.ca 905-453.2n
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    Text - Pulse @pulseidiot Only in Canada does a city freak out thinking there's an alligator in a storm drain and it turns out to be a beaver. 8:03 pm · 2 May 2020 · Twitter Web App
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    Terrestrial animal - Twitter Canada @TwitterCanada Spot the difference #Brampton
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