Overview

• The department says a report of a small alligator on Detroit's Belle Isle is “credible and consistent” based on a photo with location data.
• Belle Isle staff responded to the Sept. 26 report, yet DNR personnel have not made a visual confirmation and no capture has been reported.
• The visitor who took the photo, Hamtramck resident Lynn Blasey, reported the sighting after seeing the reptile along the shoreline.
• The DNR is coordinating an assessment and search of the area and asks people to avoid wildlife and report sightings to the Report All Poaching hotline at 800-292-7800.
• State officials say social-media claims of a boa constrictor at the park lack evidence, while a witness says a DNR officer described recent capture attempts.