Alligator in Lake, Harbor City, Los Angeles

I am fascinated by the fact that there is what appears to be a full grown or almost full grown alligator living pleasantly in a park lake for wildlife located across the street from Kaiser Hospital and Medical Center in Harbor City, Los Angeles. One can see the lake from inside and on the grounds of the Kaiser complex. I have been on the grounds of this lake several times and have always enjoyed the natural wonder of this lake and the lush environs. It is a beautiful place only somewhat scenically affected by the fact there is a large oil company perhaps, a refinery, sitting next store to the park grounds but for some strange reason this does not seem to take away from the beauty of the park location as the oil company is some distance away from one's line of vision. The alligator has appeared with just its head out of the water and was first mistaken for a Caiman, a kind of crocodile I gather. There are also photos of it floating where you can almost see the creature full length as the body is partially visible. Crowds have gathered at the shore and have been kept back, although not in time to keep somebody from throwing tortillas into the water which the alligator seems to enjoy eating at night. An alligator hunter and wrestler has been hired to catch the animal alive and take him to the LA Zoo where it will be quarantined for 60 days and then sent most likely to some alligator habitat but that all remains to be seen. I have placed one photo taken from ABC News on the blog. I will try to find more and fill in more details as the story unfolds.