Brothers get into an argument for a strange reason - then two real crocodiles fly out of the window!
Alaska (USA) - Crocodiles and alligators in Alaska? Yes, that sounds pretty weird. But what two brothers have done with their reptiles in the largest US state tops it all off!
This much in advance: nobody knows how the crocodiles got to the north of the USA. Rickey (30) and Tyler (33) Lowe definitely each had an armored lizard at home. At least until last Thursday!
As Alaska's News Source reported, citing a police source, the brothers got into an argument. The bone of contention is said to have been an anime series.
Rickey and Tyler are said to have become so enraged that the brothers attacked each other with more than just words. It got bizarre! The argument culminated in Tyler throwing his younger brother's pet - a real alligator - out of the window and into the snow.
Rickey retaliated by grabbing his big brother's crocodile and throwing it after the other lizard. Then Rickey grabbed his son (2) and left the house.
Rickey and Tyler Lowe have to answer for their actions in court
Neighbors observed the police arriving at the "crime scene" shortly afterwards. The officers' priority was to search for the two "discarded" reptiles.
Tyler helped the officers, but had to swallow a bitter pill in the course of the alligator search! His younger brother's alligator was found safe and sound, but his crocodile had not survived being thrown out of the window.
The police suspected that the animal had not fared so well in the winter cold and may have frozen to death. Meanwhile, the neighbors were quite astonished by the Lowe brothers' exotic pets.
Incidentally, the day ended in the dock for Rickey and Tyler. They were arrested for animal cruelty and assault, among other things.