Florida deputy pulls thrashing alligator from backyard pool with bare hands
After being shown where the 3 to 4-foot alligator was, a deputy used a pool skimmer to guide it toward the deck, then grabbed it out of the water with his bare hands.
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After being shown where the 3 to 4-foot alligator was, a deputy used a pool skimmer to guide it toward the deck, then grabbed it out of the water with his bare hands.
A 5-foot alligator was spotted in a storm pipe during a routine inspection in Oviedo, Florida, and the video has drawn thousands of views.
Authorities say the victim and her husband were canoeing in a lake south of Orlando when the gator struck Tuesday.
A police officer rushed to the neighborhood and delivered the pizza when the delivery driver was too scared to bring it to the house.
This happened at the National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Some online have joked that the alligator was being helpful, but experts say the turtle was more likely lunch.
"Alligators are really good at treating these things, and not getting cancer, and repairing chromosomes. So we're trying to figure all this out," said alligator expert Frank Robb, who caught Chance in Humboldt Park in 2019.
The scaly reptile was turned over to a local animal shelter after the raid at a Detroit home.
A woman in Venice, Florida said she was watching TV when she heard an alligator push through her front door, and go on to scratch some of her kitchen cabinets.
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation employees caught the 4-foot alligator in a lake in Prospect Park after maintenance workers spotted it Sunday morning.
