Over on Broadway and 13th Street this afternoon, the sight of a lizard on a leash prompted a 911 call.
As the Daily News reported, the caller "reported a vicious 'alligator or lizard' to authorities."
A user of the Citizen app captured some video.
"You can pet him," says the voice, presumably of the lizard’s owner.
One brave young man saunters up to the lizard to give it a little pat on the head — then promptly rubs sanitizer on his hands from a bottle conveniently placed beside the beast.
Anyway, as history shows again and again...