Mo. Police shoot gator, find out it's a lawn ornament

INDEPENDENCE, MO (AP) - Police responding to an alligator sighting in a suburban Kansas City pond took quick action to dispatch the big reptile.

It wasn't until after the second rifle shot bounced off the beast Sunday that the three Independence officers realized it was a concrete lawn ornament.

The show-me state officers saw it, but still didn't believe it. So seeing isn't believing, maybe?