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I read it in the tabloids

■ A New York state man had his 11-foot, 750-pound pet alligator seized after authorities alleged he was letting guests— including local children—pet and swim with him. Hamburg resident Tony Cavallaro built an in-ground pool for Albert, his beloved pet for more than 30 years, and invited adults and kids to play with him. His license to keep the reptile expired in 2021, and state officials said that even a licensed alligator is a “dangerous animal” and that contact with the public is prohibited. Cavallaro has hired a lawyer to get his gator back. “He’s like family to everybody,” he said.

■ A mysterious, 10-foot silver monolith recently appeared on a hilltop in the Welsh countryside. The gleaming, perfectly shaped, 10-foot-tall structure looked like it had “just been dropped down from space,” said stone mason Craig Muir, who encountered it on his daily walk in a remote spot unreachable by vehicles. Similar objects drew global notice in late 2020 when they popped up in Romania, the Isle of Wight, California, and the Utah desert. Muir figures it for “some sort of art installation.”

■ Two Ohio women allegedly put their newly deceased housemate’s corpse in his car, propped him up, and drove to a nearby bank’s drive-through window to take money from his account. The women had previously drawn money from the branch with the then-alive man giving his approval, said Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell. The women, who dropped his body off at a nearby hospital after withdrawing about $900, were charged with theft and abuse of a corpse. “It’s a first for all of us,” Stell said.