But the reptile isn't a wild beast: It's the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally the alligator.

He’s been going down to southeast Georgia from his home in central Pennsylvania for a few years, spending time with friends and fishing and taking his emotional support alligator, Wally ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Wally Gator was last seen by his owner in the early hours of April 21 during a trip to Brunswick, Georgia. FOX43 spoke to a neighbor who says they spotted Wally in their yard ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing ...

Wally has many fans in Pennsylvania and across social media. His owner is enlisting their help, saying Wally was kidnapped, located by a trapper... In ordinary times, the social media accounts ...

In ordinary times, the social media accounts devoted to Wally Gator document the nearly six-foot-long emotional support alligator's adventures around Pennsylvania: visiting nursing homes ...

But in the eyes of reptile rescuer Joie Henney, there’s only one: “Wally Gator” – his “gentle” certified emotional support alligator. And now, Wally has gone missing – far from home.