Alligators in the Sewers: Manhattan’s Oldest Urban Legend Comes to Life
The story of alligators stalking the sewers of major American cities is a modern urban mystery. Most people have heard the rumors about alligators in the sewers, in large part, because of Thomas Pynchon’s 1963 novel, V. Pynchon wrote of the cute little pet alligators purchased as Florida souvenirs, eventually discarded down toilets, then growing…