That's not a scarf around his kneck

BOUTTE, La. (AP) - August 13, 2009

Deputies in St. Charles Parish, La., report stopping a bike rider who had 3-foot-long alligator draped on his shoulders.

Authorities charge 38-year-old Terron D. Ingram ran, leaving behind the bike and the gator.

But deputies say they got the gator guy.

He now faces a number of charges, including resisting arrest and cruelty to animals by abandonment.

Animal control officials released the alligator into a bayou.

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