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 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 6 1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive "Reggie" who lurked in a park lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers.
Several would-be gator wranglers have failed to remove the wily Reggie since the reptile was first spotted in 2005. The animal then managed to disappear for 18 months until being sighted again at the end of April.
On Thursday, the alligator came out of Harbor Regional Park's Lake Machado and was spotted on land about 3:30 p.m. — just as city and park officials and wildlife experts were meeting nearby to find a way to capture the nonnative reptile.
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