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What he wanted was a catfish. So Matthew Viars, 17, put his line into the Great Miami River on Tuesday evening near Hamilton, Ohio, with some friends and relaxed under a canopy of stars.
He didn’t get catfish. What he got was a 6-foot-long alligator.
“We saw a big splash,” Viars said. “Its head was up and its tail was moving back and forth in the water.”
The mysterious gator hasn’t been seen since.
It’s the second time an unexpected reptile has popped up in the strong-moving river. In December, a 4-foot alligator was pulled from the Great Miami just north of the latest reported sighting.
