‘Look at him thrash!’ Watch an alligator get ejected from this Florida neighborhood
An alligator “hanging around” a Bonita Springs neighborhood isn’t going to be visiting again anytime soon.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted a video to Facebook of what went down last Friday evening.
WILD! A nuisance alligator was spotted in a Bonita Springs neighborhood. Deputies are on scene waiting for a trapper from FWC to safely relocate him. pic.twitter.com/PMUigITlLu
— Lee County Sheriff (@leesheriff) December 11, 2020
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Nestor Montoya tells viewers that deputies responded to the scene along with a trapper from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.
As the crew tries to wrangle the gator, it goes into what is known as a “death roll,” a spinning move to subdue prey.
A child shrieks off camera.
“Look at him thrash!” Montoya says of the reptile that has the snare around its neck and its jaws open, looking hungry.
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The scaly beast was measured at 7 feet, 1 inch long.
“Pretty big, pretty big guy,” says the agency official.
As the reptile gets loaded onto the truck, applause breaks out.
“We’ve got a neighborhood happy to see this nuisance gator gone,” Montoya says. “A job well done.”
To have a nuisance gator relocated, call the FWC hotline at 866-392-4286.
