6-foot alligator snapped up outside Mich. church

In this Monday Nov. 7, 2011 photo provided by Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety, officer Martin Jordon stands with a 6-foot-long alligator outside the Pathway Community Church in Blackman-Leoni Township, Mich. Police say arrangements were made to transport the alligator to a sanctuary. Police say the alligator was in good health and likely was recently released. With colder weather approaching it might not have survived outdoors. (AP Photo/Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety )

In this Monday Nov. 7, 2011 photo provided by Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety, officer Martin Jordon stands with a 6-foot-long alligator outside the Pathway Community Church in Blackman-Leoni Township, Mich. Police say arrangements were made to transport the alligator to a sanctuary. Police say the alligator was in good health and likely was recently released. With colder weather approaching it might not have survived outdoors. (AP Photo/Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety )

In this Monday Nov. 7, 2011 photo provided by Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety, officer Martin Jordon stands with a 6-foot-long alligator outside the Pathway Community Church in Blackman-Leoni Township, Mich. Police say arrangements were made to transport the alligator to a sanctuary. Police say the alligator was in good health and likely was recently released. With colder weather approaching it might not have survived outdoors. (AP Photo/Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety )

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) ? Police have caught a 6-foot-long alligator that was spotted roaming the property of a southern Michigan church.

A motorist driving past the Pathway Community Church near Jackson Monday saw the reptile Monday and called the police.

The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports (http://bit.ly/u2A1xB ) that officers slipped a noose around the alligator's head and secured its mouth with duct tape.

Police say the alligator is in good health and will be sent to a sanctuary.

Blackman-Leoni Township public safety department Deputy Director Jon Johnston says the alligator was probably only recently released into the wild. Johnston says the animal would not have been able to survive the harsh temperatures of the approaching Michigan winter.

Associated Press

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