[QUOTE=sundance;3817840]SC is quite a bit different climate than what you'd find at HR. I just can't see them surviving the sustained cold we see from time to time. Maybe I'm wrong. Add the fact they can't reasonable climb the "Narrows" that extends from the upper part of lake Tillery to HR.

At the same time, Life has a "way". I'm maybe wrong. [/QUOTE


I'm more inclined to think someone bought a cute little reptile and brought it back to NC. Once it got big enough to scare them they dumped it off. Same way those crazy snakes get to FL. We had a relatively mild winter so I could see it surviving or may have not been there long.