A Chicago man kept a pet alligator at his home in a bizarre bid to impress the ladies, police revealed Friday.
Dewayne Yarbrough, 43, hoped the four-foot (1.2-meter) reptile would help him snap up a woman, according to The Chicago Tribune.
When cops arrested him for keeping it in a tiny tank in his kitchen, he apparently told them, “Chicks dig it.”
Yarbrough withheld food from the animal to keep it cute and small, Cook County Sheriff’s investigators said. And he kept it at home “because it attracted women,” they said in a statement.
Once a month Yarbrough would throw ten live mice into the tank, with the result being that the reptile was only half the size of typical healthy alligator, it is alleged.
The malnourished reptile was sent to the local animal welfare league to recover, while Yarbrough was charged with possession of a dangerous animal. He faces court July 5.
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The only mistake Dewayne Yarbough made here was keeping his pet gator malnourished. Thats it. His instincts and gut were correct on every other part of this whole pet alligator thing. Chicks do in fact dig alligators. And they also dig when you keep the alligator in your kitchen. Those are undeniable scientific facts. Its like the sun will always rise, the sky will always be blue, and chicks will always get horny when you show them your pet alligator. No one disputes that. But come on Dewayne Yarbough no one keeps their gators tiny and cute anymore. That’s so last year. You want that thing as big and destructive as possible. I mean it lives in Chicago after all. What happens if it gets out? You want it to be able to defend itself no? Its careless and unsafe to keep your gator that small. Only a fool would do something like that.
