This headline just in from the Washington Post: His emotional support animal is an alligator. They sleep in the same bed. The Post reports:

Joseph Henney’s emotional support animal WallyGator goes with him almost everywhere, from the grocery store to walks in the park. They hug each other and sleep in the same bed. WallyGator is an alligator.
“When he turns his nose toward you, that means he expects a kiss,” said Henney, 69, who goes by Joie (pronounced “Joe”) and lives in Jonestown, Pa., about two hours from Philadelphia. “He’s super sweet-natured.”
The two watch television together on the couch, and when Henney takes him to the farmers market, WallyGator gives hugs to shoppers — as long as they are okay with being that close to a 70-pound reptile with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth.

Only in the U S of A. This has always been a nation of eccentrics and kooks, dating back to its beginnings as a country settled by religious outcasts who were too weird for the Old World. Not coincidentally, that’s also why we live in the greatest country in the history of the world. As I noted on Twitter in response to the Post story, “we live in the weirdest country in the history of the world, filled with the most insane people in the history of the human race, and it’s absolutely amazing.”

God bless America.