Flavio Morrissiey, in the kayak, searches for the gator in Lake Machado. Searchers say it is hiding because it knows it is being pursued. (Allen J. Schaben / LAT)
One of three alligators seized at the home of a suspect accused of dumping a larger gator in Lake Machado. An anonymous tip led to two San Pedro exotic animal fanciers. (Allen J. Schaben / LAT)
The alligator, estimated to be 3 to 31/2 feet long, basks in a Harbor City drainage channel near Machado Lake. (Ken Hively / LAT)
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Tim Williams, the self-described “dean of gator wrestling” from Gatorland in Orlando, Fla., searches for the Lake Machado alligator. He is part of a four-man Florida “A-Team” that has vowed to catch the creature for the city of Los Angeles. (Robert Lachman / LAT)
The alligator frustrated the capture efforts of the LAPD, animal control and park rangers Wednesday. (Ken Hively / LAT)
Workers try to snare the alligator spotted in a flood channel leading into Lake Machado. “We’ll spot him again,” said one observer. Half a dozen firefighters, half a dozen LAPD officers, animal control and park rangers, and even City Councilwoman Janice Hahn took part. (Ken Hively / LAT)
