Heard the one about the guy who walked into a bar with an alligator? At Johnny's Saloon in Orange County, California, it was no joke.
Authorities say a man walked into the bar early Saturday with a one-metre pet gator on a leash.
But by the time police and animal control officers arrived, the gator was in the man's vehicle in the parking lot. So officers followed the man to his home, where another alligator was found.
Animal control spokesman Ryan Drabek says both critters were impounded and are being held pending an investigation by the Department of Fish and Game.
Alligators are not native to California and it is illegal to keep them as pets.
