Statue of Alligator Dragging Child into Sewer
>and the "alligator" has hands with opposable thumbs and is wearing a suit.
>created by someone who knows? dig worthy.
>They're not in the same burough, and the statue is in a subway station.
Alligators in the sewer are 'New York City's greatest true-ish urban legend.'
Miscione has long been interested in the legends of alligators in the sewers of New York City. He's even created a holiday called "Alligator in the Sewer Day." It's celebrated on February 9 each year, the anniversary of the dramatic 1935 snowy sighting.
Sculpture by Tom Otterness located in the subway station at 14th St. and 8th Ave.
February 28 2023
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/chomp-into-the-weird-history-of-nyc-alligator-sightings-at-this-event-022823
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Constructed as part of a multi-million dollar subway renovation project in 2001, the clever bronze works have been widely overshadowed by Tom Otterness’ past work, a film entitled “Shot Dog Film,” in which Otterness shoots and kills a dog.
Filmed in 1977, Otterness has publicaly apologized for the violent, looped film, saying “Thirty years ago when I was 25 years old, I made a film in which I shot a dog.
January 6, 2012
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/life-underground
Shot Dog Film premiered at a Times Square screening room in early 1978, the film being shown in a loop, and viewers were flash-photographed when they left. The film was the only entry that was not accepted in the Punk Art Catalog, due to its offensive nature.[8] Otterness described it as follows:
The Dog Shot film … [is] about fucking someone… getting fucked by someone. That's what the fight films are about too. Running over someone; defeating someone; being defeated. They're the same thing those two films.
You said earlier that when you showed Dog Shot Film at the screening room at 42nd Street that you wanted to hurt the viewers.
Yeah, I mean that whole night on 42nd Street, as best as I could do it, was the most aggressive way I could think of to show a film, the most damaging thing that I could do to the audience by showing a film. I hired a photographer with a camera so when people were leaving the theater, they were assaulted by a flash, attacked.
Shot Dog Film was inserted by an unknown person into the repeating programming cue on Manhattan Cable TV[21] instead of the normal cartoon programming for children. It was also shown on Christmas Eve[8] or Christmas Day,[21] 1978, and caused an instant outcry, leading to calls to prosecute Otterness. The film has continued to haunt Otterness, engendering continued controversy. Shot Dog Film was briefly mentioned as having "provoked a small scandal [in 1980]" in a 1997 New York Times article which dismissed it as "a seemingly uncharacteristic gesture that he has since declined to discuss."[22] It was brought back into the public conscience in 2004 by journalist Gary Indiana, who criticized Otterness for the killing.[23][24] Since then, Otterness has attracted criticism and protests for the 1977 film, apologized for his behavior, and lost a number of commissions from the continuing criticism.[25][26] Otterness's studio released a statement blaming his "anger at [himself] and the world" for the film.
Thirty years ago when I was 25 years old, I made a film in which I shot a dog. It was an indefensible act that I am deeply sorry for. Many of us have experienced profound emotional turmoil and despair. Few have made the mistake I made. I hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me.
— Tom Otterness, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 14, 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Otterness
https://www.thebroad.org/art/tom-otterness/serpent-knowledge