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Jul 18, 2008 9:48 pm US/Eastern

Search On For Loose Alligator In Framingham

FRAMINGHAM (WBZ) ― A search is on in Framingham where an alligator may be on the loose.

Teenager James Maloney was in his 12-foot boat Friday when he says he saw a 4-foot-long gator in Lake Washakum on Friday. Another sighting was reported two days ago.

"It had spikes on its back," Maloney said. "It was too big to be a snapping turtle. They don't get to be four or five feet long."

As a precaution, the city closed the beach to swimmers.

Animal control officers were out on the water Friday night looking for it.
 
The sighting isn't too unusual. An alligator was found in a Brockton lake two years ago and another was found in Auburn last year.

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