VERY different! ~ I'm trying to imagine how I would react seeing an alligator here ~ ~ Sooz

O'Hare alligator captured after roaming free in Terminal 3
Updated at 11:46 AM today

November 3, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Police confirm they captured a small, foot-long alligator roaming free under an escalator in American Airlines' Terminal 3.

Authorities spotted the gator Friday morning and quickly wrangled the reptile, which is now in the care of the Chicago Herpatological Society.

A maintenance worker initially found the alligator. Chicago police spokesman Jose Estrada said Sunday an officer captured the reptile by putting a trash can over it.

The Chicago Herpatological Society's president says the animal is in "pretty bad shape" and the society is trying to nurse it back to health.

There was no word how the alligator wound up at the airport or how long it had been there.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/chicago_news&id=9311629

At Tampa or Miami or Orlando airport that wouldn't surprise me, but O'Hare?!?

This is one confused reptile.

It heard there was an Irish bunny there and went for lunch.