I was inspecting a home’s attic — and found an 8-foot alligator staring at me

A house inspector visiting a home in North Carolina for a routine inspection for potential structural issues or code violations found something much more worrisome. Dean Brown was in disbelief when he discovered an 8-foot alligator hiding in the attic of a 3-story home in Wilmington, North Carolina. The code enforcer wandered around the house checking the current process of the construction project. He made his way up to the third-story attic and began looking around when he made what he initially thought was a normal find. “I didn’t think...