“I actually called DNR and asked them about it, and they said that I am perfectly safe,” Adams said. “I’m gonna get it mounted if the DNR will give me a tag.”
Gregg Bortz, a spokesman for DNR, said that regarding the situation, “Maryland Natural Resources Police are still consulting with allied agencies, local and federal, on this matter.” Bortz then mentioned how the DNR has been unable to confirm any previously mentioned rumors of alligators in Calvert County, but that “alligators or other non-native crocodilians” have sparsely shown up in the state before.