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 ...

Staff at Pine River Motel in Cheboygan discovered an alligator left behind by its owner, who was in town for exotic animal assemblies.

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...