The classic story, except that the French, of course, can't have
alligators in their sewers like everybody else:
The Guardian
March 9, 1984
Page 8
Sewer croc
FIREMEN yesterday snared a young crocodile in Paris sewers. Officials said
that the crocodile, taken to an aquarium, was thought to have been illegally
smuggled into France as a baby and then flushed away after it became too
large to handle. --AP