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Paul Stamler Urban myths (and legends) (142* d) RE: Urban myths (and legends) 12 Feb 98

Back to the alligators in the sewers: That seems to have originated with a book by Robert Daley called "The World Beneath The City", published in 1959 by Lippincott, about all the weird and interesting stuff below ground in NYC. It's a delightful book, and it includes an account by a veteran sewer inspector (the superintendent at the time) who describes seeing alligators about 2' long. The book states that they were all exterminated within a few months of their sighting; the outbreak is said to have occurred in 1935.

Peace. Paul

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