Wally, a 3-foot dwarf alligator, was visiting Cheboygan elementary schools before his owner left him in a motel room, thinking he had escaped.

Motel staff never know what they may find left in the room after visitors check out, but the staff at Pine River Motel ...

CHEBOYGAN — An unexpected visitor was found at Pine River Motel on Friday: an alligator. Staffers at the motel found the alligator while cleaning after the animal's owner checked out of the room, ...

We just went in to clean the room and, when my nephew looked under the bed, Wally was there,” motel manager Gary said.

Wally, a three-feet alligator, was found making himself comfortable under a bed at a hotel room in Michigan by shocked staff ...

The viral story in Cheboygan making headlines statewide, a man staying at a local motel left without his pet alligator, ...

Sometimes, it's a wallet or a set of keys. But at the Pine River Motel in Cheboygan, an animal handler accidentally left his 3-foot-long dwarf alligator, Wally. The manager of the Pine River Motel ...

There's only a handful of states in America where you need to be prepared for possible encounters with an alligator, and Michigan is decidedly not one of ...

He didn't try biting anybody or anything. But ... he hissed at me and that was probably pretty much to say, 'Leave me alone.'” ...

Staff at a Michigan motel were shocked to find a live alligator left behind by a recent guest. The scaly three-foot-long reptile, Wally, was found in the Pine River Motel in Cheboygan on Friday ...