8/2/25 UPDATE: The water monitor has been safely captured, officials said Saturday. A massive lizard that recently escaped from an area home was spotted this week in a southern Massachusetts town.

DOUGLAS, Mass. (WWLP) – Following the news that the weeks-long search for Goose, the water monitor, had finally ended, the Massachusetts Environmental Police have shared video footage of his capture ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated at 6:25 p.m. on Aug. 4 to clarify the type of citation the owner will face. On Aug. 2, Capt. Scott Amati of the Massachusetts Environmental Police spent his ...

Goose the water monitor, a large lizard that captivated many in Massachusetts and beyond while he was on the lam from a home in Webster for two weeks, got his closeup at a news conference on Monday ...

A runaway 4-foot reptile that became the "unofficial mascot of Webster" could soon get a 24/7 livestream for people to watch it. A water monitor lizard named Goose had escaped its home in Webster on ...