alligators in sewers
Underground urban legend
Alligators in sewers refers to the persistent urban legend that alligators live in the sewers beneath New York City, supposedly descended from pet baby alligators flushed down toilets.
The phrase has become shorthand for any widely believed but dubious story: That sounds like alligators in sewers to me.
Despite occasional real sightings of wayward reptiles in urban drainage systems, the idea of a thriving underground population remains folklore.
- crocodileLarge semiaquatic tropical reptile
- urban legendUnverified viral story
- urban mythFalse story believed widely
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
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