… What Reggie makes of his unusual life story is a mystery. An alligator brain is the size of a peanut. A GATOR EMERGES Lake Machado today is the attractive center of Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Harbor City, a haven for birds and native plants. But in the summer of 2005, the lake was a polluted watering hole, encircled with overgrown vegetation and teeming with frogs, birds and carp. , the zoo's … almost became a circus-like atmosphere. Particularly in the evening when Reggie could be seen poking his head out of the lake, they would bring lawn chairs and blankets.” — Supervisor Janice Hahn, then a city councilwoman representing Harbor City …