(Video: Fairfax Police Department via CNN Newsource) — A traveler in Virginia experienced a surprising encounter when a six-foot alligator was found outside a motel room in Huntington, Virginia ...

(Video: Fairfax Police Department via CNN Newsource) — A traveler in Virginia experienced a surprising encounter when a six-foot alligator was found outside a motel room in Huntington, Virginia ...

A traveler in Virginia experienced a surprising encounter when a six-foot alligator was found outside a motel room in Huntington, Virginia, early Monday morning.Fairfax County authorities were alerted ...

Officers responded around 12:10 a.m. to the motel in the 5900 block of Richmond Highway, where they located the alligator and its owner. Investigators said the owner was transporting the animal ...

The Brief. Fairfax County Police removed an alligator from outside a Virginia motel. The owner was transporting the reptile from New York to North Carolina for a zoo, police say.

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