By The Chicago Tribune
CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Police say they’re sure they shot a 4-foot-long, 80-pound monitor lizard that had been lurking in an Orlando suburb for months. Still, neighbors aren’t ready to let their children or pets back outside until they see a carcass.
The lizard didn’t bite anyone, but police officers were authorized to kill it because of the potential danger it posed to small children and animals.
An officer shot the reptile twice Sunday but wasn’t close enough to catch it before the animal scampered into a retention pond, said Lt. Dennis Stewart of the Casselberry Police Department.
Authorities said the lizard was likely a pet that escaped or was illegally dumped.
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