WTAE Police went onto the water in boats Wednesday after getting unconfirmed reports that an alligator was spotted in the Monongahela River. Southwest Regional Police said a man reported that he saw what he believed to be an alligator, about 6 to 7 feet long, swimming upstream in Belle Vernon around midnight. “He said it had its head out of the water about seven inches,” Police Chief John Hartman said. “He saw both of its eyes looking at him as it proceeded past him — the point of the tail, the tip of the tail.”

Before everyone gets into a hissy, based on the measurables it is just as likely it’s Tim Tebow swimming to Heinz Field in seach of a job. #zing

Now in the event this is the real deal, I’m leading the charge to make Mongo (his name) into the biggest piece of folklore since The Loch Ness Monster.  As it stands now there is no photographic evidence but thanks to a slow news day and two Yinzers making claims, this story lead off tonight news. 

Mongo shirts on sale Monday. Get em while they’re hot hot hot.