<p>3ft-long reptile was looking for a meal before animal protective services safely removed it from establishment</p><p>Surveillance cameras installed in a North Carolina bagel shop caught a small alligator purposefully strolling though the back door, through the stockroom and to the front counter, startling employees and customers – one of whom armed himself with a chair against the intruder.</p><p>The 3ft-long alligator’s intrusion in Bagel Dock Express in Southport, North Carolina, last Thursday was later <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/1096528739822708">shared by the business.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/alligator-north-carolina-bagel-shop">Continue reading...</a>