An alligator with 2 heads is walking around Florida and sowing fear in the locals. The strange animal grabbed the attention of Justin Arnold while he was taking his dog for a walk. He snapped pictures of the alligator with the camera on his phone and posted them on social media, report the press.
"Yesterday I was walking with my dog near the Hillsborough River and was quite surprised to see a 2-headed alligator there. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said that besides me, several other people had seen it, " wrote Justin Arnold under one of the photos.
Pictures of the 2-headed creature instantly spread like wildfire in all media and journalists rushed along the tracks of the monster. And even though the experts are skeptical to some extent about the published photos, they feel obliged to check out the case firsthand.
"2-headed animals do actually exist. There are such snakes, turtles and other similar exotic creepy crawlies, " commented Bob Pots, a pet store owner.
He's been in the business with exotic reptiles for more than 20 years now and is aware that 2-headed animals are a unique and rare find.
"It seems strange to me for such an animal to remain undetected for so long, " comments Pots.
Bob believes that the photos are most likely fake since the feet of the alligator do not touch the earth. Further, the tail of the reptile is in a strange position.
The eyewitness's story is being looked at by Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. At the moment, the experts are unable to come out with a concrete statement regarding the 2-headed alligator, since the film material is too scarce.
"We have serious suspicions about a photo montage, " announced representatives of the commission.
Prof. Frank Mazzoti from the University of Florida also commented that animals with similar serious problems, such as the supposed alligator, usually do not live very long.
"They do not manage to survive even if given special care, " proclaimed the scientist.
Despite all this, photographer Justin Arnold persists that the photos are not a forgery and that the 2-headed animal really was photographed by him. However, he refuses to accept any invitations for an interview he has received.
