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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Schoolhouse teacher, frightened students blamed for gator escape

1916 Elkton, SD elephant hunt. Photo: South Dakota MagazineAn alligator got loose in southeast South Dakota 75 years ago this week.Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher of Florida had gifted a juvenile gator to their nieces living in Beloit, Iowa, just across the Big Sioux River from Canton, according to the Sept. 22, 1950, edition of the Argus Leader, which reported that a schoolhouse teacher had taken the out-of-place critter on loan for educational purposes. …
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thedakotascout.com broke the news in on Friday, September 26, 2025.
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