SUGAR LAND, Texas — Why did the gator cross the road? It may be a question we’ll never know the answer to, since one in Sugar Land was stopped before making it.

This 8-footer was spotted Monday night in the lanes of Highway 6 just north of Highway 90. According to the Sugar Land Police Department, the gator was removed from the road and relocated to what police said was a suitable habitat.

The Sugar Land Police Department posted about the Labor Day gator on Tuesday morning, and the jokes in the comments followed.

“I heard he was following a chicken to see why he crossed the road....,” posted one commenter.

“He was just trying to get to the airport to take his Lab Day vacation flight,” posted another.

Other commenters went the pun route.

“He’s an investi-gator. Doing his job,” read on

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