Longtime "Chronicle" columnist Herb Caen weighed in with two suggested names, "Da Croc" and "Herb Cayman." KBAE, a radio station in Horseshoe Bay, Texas broadcast frequent updates on the alligator and one of the listeners, Shelli Spruiell, wrote new lyrics to Elton John's song "Crocodile Rock" in homage. Worried the cold weather might spell the creature's doom, the "Examiner" reassured readers that as long as it truly was an alligator, not a caiman, it would survive the winter in San Francisco. Both the "Chronicle" and "Examiner" were criticized for drumming up too much publicity, which made catching the alligator more difficult, and for wasting resources on covering a relatively unimportant story.