The idea of alligators lurking in city sewers has been a long-standing urban legend. From New York’s subway myths to Florida’s swampy cities, stories of sewer-dwelling reptiles have fascinated and terrified people for decades.

Image via Shutterstock Remember those urban legends about alligators living in the sewers? Well, it turns out there's some truth to them after all. A bombshell new study suggests that alligators really do live in the sewers to an extent.

Turns out there really are alligators in the sewers — just not in the Big Apple. A recent study by researchers at the University of Florida found that nearly three dozen species of wildlife are thriving in the pipes beneath Gainesville — including frogs,