Why is there an orange alligator in a pond near Charleston, South Carolina?
Too much self-tanning lotion. Or maybe it’s a fan of the Clemson Tigers.
No one knows, but residents living near a pond in the Tanner Plantation neighborhood near Hanahan keep seeing a orange 4- to 5-foot-long alligator.
Jay Butfiloski with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says the color may come from where the animal spent the winter, perhaps in a rusty steel culvert pipe.
In the meanwhile, neighbors have dubbed him the “Trump-A-Gator.”
Orange “Trumpagator” spotted in #Hanahan has residents scratching their heads. Is it albino? Clemson fan? https://t.co/XBxFHlwzmg #chsnews pic.twitter.com/7PJr9oMahK
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) February 9, 2017