{"id":192336,"date":"2025-09-30T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/192336\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:17:09","slug":"gator-on-belle-isle-dnr-investigating-credible-alligator-sighting-on-belle-isle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/192336\/","title":{"rendered":"Gator on Belle Isle? DNR investigating &#8216;credible&#8217; alligator sighting on Belle Isle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EA328F4544B96235F43FB8B39EB3E830.jpg\" alt=\"Alligator spotted on Belle Isle\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/video\/1716155\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alligator spotted on Belle Isle<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\">The DNR said a report of an alligator on Belle Isle is credible after photos and videos taken showing the animal were posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">DETROIT (FOX 2) &#8211; The Michigan Department of Resources said it is investigating reports of an alligator on Belle Isle in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to the DNR, the gator hasn&#8217;t been spotted by staff, but a photo of an alligator posted to social media included geo-location data from Belle Isle. They were alerted about the gator last Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;The report is considered credible and consistent,&#8221; the DNR said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Lynn Blasey, a Hamtramck resident who regularly visits Belle Isle, shared photos of the alligator after seeing it perched on a rock Sunday. She is not the first person to report the gator, but said she did alert the DNR about her sighting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/belle-isle-gator-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">(Photo courtesy of Lynn Blasey) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The DNR issued a warning that releasing wildlife into state parks is prohibited. It is also harmful &#8220;to the animal, the ecosystem, and public safety&#8221; because non-native animals can disrupt ecosystems and pose threats to visitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The DNR is reminding people to not approach any wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">If you observe unusual wildlife activity, please report it immediately to the Report All Poaching hotline at 800-292-7800.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WJBK\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The DNR also said it is aware of social media rumors about a boa constrictor sighting on Belle Island. However, the department said no reports have been received about these alleged sightings, and no evidence supports the claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This information is from a Michigan Department of Resources statement.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/science\/wild-nature\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wild Nature<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/mi\/wayne-county\/detroit\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alligator spotted on Belle Isle The DNR said a report of an alligator on Belle Isle is credible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2120,13592,3,79,25,27208,5138,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-192336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-mi","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-us","13":"tag-wayne-county","14":"tag-wild-nature","15":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}