Local News, College Instructor, and Government Engage in Misinformation Campaign To Label Alligator as "Conspiracy"

HAGERSTOWN, MD - Despite photographic proof, as well as documentation from reputable sources (Wikipedia), the City of Hagerstown's Department of Parks and Recreation has conspired with an adjunct instructor at Hagerstown Community College and local news media to release a statement that the City Park Alligator is a Conspiracy Theory.

We at The Hagerstown Report are highly disappointed by this statement. Numerous times have we not only shown photographic evidence of the alligator's existence, including with former mayor and current city council member Bob Bruchey, but the city has even sponsored meet and greet events with our friendly neighborhood gator.

How remarkable is it, that less than a week after the inauguration of a new president that the media which previously intentionally did not cover the gator's existence is now set on demonizing those who believe in the gator? This revisionist history is going too far. What's next, will they tell us that the migratory lake dolphins are also a conspiracy theory? Or that our underground sister city Elizabethtown doesn't exist?

The truth of the matter is that newspapers are dying, and trust in the news media is at an all time low.

We expect better from our local government and local news media. As the article states, we "deserve better", and that includes more honest and in-depth reporting from local news media.

Want to help? Sign our petition to #SaveAlly and have the Hagerstown City Council acknowledge the alligator's existence.

On a more serious note, WTF ever happened to investigative journalism? A quick Google search leads to multiple articles about the Hagerstown Alligator which are clearly labeled as satire. Who knew that an alligator could somehow be linked to the incident at the Capitol? Wow. The Hagerstown Report is satire.