We just went in to clean the room and, when my nephew looked under the bed, Wally was there,” motel manager Gary said.

Wally, a 3-foot dwarf alligator, was visiting Cheboygan elementary schools before his owner left him in a motel room, ...

The viral story in Cheboygan making headlines statewide, a man staying at a local motel left without his pet alligator, ...

An investigation revealed the alligator had been left behind by a guest, an exotic animal handler, police said. The man was ...

He didn't try biting anybody or anything. But ... he hissed at me and that was probably pretty much to say, 'Leave me alone.' ...

CHEBOYGAN — An unexpected visitor was found at Pine River Motel on Friday: an alligator. Staffers at the motel found the ...

Staff at Pine River Motel in Cheboygan discovered an alligator left behind by its owner, who was in town for exotic animal ...

A worker at the Pine River Motel in Cheboygan on Friday, March 14, 2025, found a 3-foot alligator under a bed. It had been ...

Police near the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula were called to a motel to help secure an unusual piece of left-behind property: a live alligator.

Motel staff never know what they may find left in the room after visitors check out, but the staff at Pine River Motel ...

Of all the strange items left behind at a motel, *alligator* now tops the list for the employees at the Pine River Motel.