- ‘Wally the Emotional Support Alligator’, who appeared in Loki season 1, was kidnapped
- Believed Wally was later dropped in local swamp
- Handler has urged people to not go to the swamp to try to find him
Fears are growing for the wellbeing of Wally the Emotional Support Alligator, who appeared in season one of Loki as ‘Alligator Loki’, after he was kidnapped on April 21.
The animal actor was taken from a secure enclosure owned by his handler Joie Henney on April 21, while Henney was out, having gone on a fishing trip with friends.
But the story doesn’t end there – Wally was apparently dropped in a nearby yard and an animal trapper from a government agency was sent out to catch him. But the trapper was unaware of the alligator’s celebrity status, and, once he had been caught, is thought to have dropped him off in the local Okefenokee swamp.
But that presents other problems. There are plenty of other alligators in the Okefenokee swamp and it is huge: estimated to be about 438,000 acres. The ‘Wallygator’ account reports that the trapper said the chances of finding Wally are “slim to none.”
Wally had shot to fame after appearing as Alligator Loki – a variant of the titular character – in the first season of the Marvel show. Alligator Loki had been popular with viewers.
Henney has put out appeals to help to try and find his support alligator. In a recent TikTok post on the Wallygator account, he pleaded for help and said there is a reward out for his safe return – no questions asked.
There has been a positive response to this, but there have been warnings for wannabe searchers to be careful if they are looking for Wally in the swamp – only licenced trappers are allowed to remove alligators from the swamp, with penalties for doing so including prison.
