Shot 07/01/2011.## It wasn’t something he expected to see. A man in the 500 block of West 29th Street finding what appears to be a three foot long alligator in the backyard.Police and an animal enforcement officer was summoned to the neighborhood, where the small gator was caught.Police think someone probably had the animal as a pet but released the alligator when it started growing.Those officers say it is illegal to own an exotic pet like an alligator in the city limits.## VO house where gator was found; VO officer holding gator; SOT Rob Culbertson/Erie County Animal Control Officer; SOT Hanna Oleski/saw the gator; Jeanine Romeo/Nieghbor; Nikki Lavery/Neighbor ##