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Alligator in W. Pa. reservoir likely is a discarded pet

SLICKVILLE, Pa.

An alligator has taken up residence in a southwestern Pennsylvania reservoir, but experts say it’s likely a discarded pet that won’t survive much longer.

Chris Kerr, manager of the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County — a government-run water company that owns the Beaver Run Reservoir — says security workers spotted the 5-foot-long reptile about a month ago. Since then, several members of the public have reported seeing it.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission say they will fine someone if they determine the person discarded the pet in the lake about 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Pet owners sometimes do that when reptiles grow larger than the owners expect.

Kerr says workers aren’t actively searching for the alligator because experts say the cold-blooded animal won’t survive as temperatures drop later this month and into November.

W. Pa. couple thought Pens-Kings game was at home

PITTSBURGH

The Pittsburgh Penguins say they’ll give a pair of fans tickets to an upcoming game to make up for the confusion that led the couple to buy tickets to an exhibition game played last Wednesday in Kansas City — which the fans mistakenly believed was to be played in Pittsburgh.

Paula Rymarchyk of Lower Burrell tells WTAE-TV she bought tickets for the game against the Los Angeles Kings off TicketsNow.com.

She assumed the game would be at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh because the Penguins were listed as the “home” team — even though it was a neutral-site game at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.

Rymarchyk and her boyfriend learned otherwise when they showed up at the empty Pittsburgh arena.

Penguins spokesman Tom McMillan says the couple will get tickets to a regular-season game soon.

Associated Press