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.

WEBSTER, Mass. — A community in Massachusetts is on the lookout for Goose. But Goose is not a bird; it’s a water monitor lizard with an avian name. Goose, a 5-foot-long lizard, escaped his home in ...

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 ...

JESSICA. THE SEARCH HAS REALLY CAPTURED THE MINDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA. HE HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, BUT HE WAS FOUND IN THIS FOREST OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE’S A LOOK AT GOOSE, THE ...

A massive lizard that recently escaped from an area home was spotted this week in a southern Massachusetts town. Massachusetts Environmental Police said in a Facebook post Thursday that Goose, a ...

“Goose” the water monitor has reportedly been spotted in Thompson, according to the town’s animal control officials. The large lizard was seen in the Little Pond area on Wilsonville Road and Thompson ...