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Escaped alligator spotted crossing the street in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood
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Escaped alligator spotted crossing the street in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood

If you saw an alligator crossing Jarry Street on Sunday afternoon, you weren't imagining things.

If you saw an alligator crossing Jarry Street on Sunday afternoon, you weren't imagining things

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The alligator was quickly captured by employees of the exotic animal company who were transporting it. (Mayssam Samaha/Facebook)

An alligator was spotted crossing Jarry Street East in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, after it escaped from a van parked nearby.

Police confirmed the reptile belongs to a company that puts on exotic animal demonstrations.

Employees were stopping for lunch in the area, police said, and accidentally let the alligator get away.

The animal made a break for it as the van's automatic door was closing.

It crossed Jarry Street near Chateaubriand Avenue and hid under a car, attracting some attention from pedestrians.

Police said employees quickly captured the animal and returned it to the van before officers arrived on the scene. 

Initially Montreal police identified the animal as a crocodile. It is, in fact, an alligator.

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