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I got a fax from the Florida Wildlife Commission about an alligator in a pond. Howdy. How you doing, buddy? So, you called about a gator? Yeah, out in the back lake. Keeping the dogs can't swim. Been out there off and on for the last couple of weeks. Yeah. Dogs driving me nuts. I have a little dog. She loves to go out and play. Loves to take a little swim when she gets too hot. Last couple of weeks, nothing. How big do you think the alligator is? I don't know. It's hard to see. Got to 6-7 ft, I guess. 6-7 ft. And do you see him pretty regularly?
Kind of off and on. Every, you know, kind of when it's nice out, he kind of suns himself. Right. Cuz I guess the water's getting a little chilly. Yeah. So, you want to show us where he's at? Yep. Come on around the back. We got here. The gentleman was walking us to the back. And as soon as we came around this the fence area Hey, hey, hey, hey. Right there. The gator was actually laying out on land sunning. But as soon as he saw us, it spooked him right into the water.
Can I drive my truck back here? Yeah, absolutely. All right. So, I figured, hey, good shot he's still hanging around down there. Let me get my stuff and jump in. Right now, he'll just come around and look for him and then normally when he does find him, you'll know cuz he'll do like a straight dive to the bottom. Okay. As soon as I newsed this alligator, uh he just went nuts. And when they spin around so much it makes the rope start to twist up and I can't let any slack go. If I let it go, it could get a real loose bite and he might be able to get
out of it. So, I have no tension. I have to kind of keep it there. Oh, oh, no. Howdy. Yeah, if you can, just back up a little bit. As I was pulling him out, he still wanted to shake and try to get loose from me. I'm going to get him out from over these rocks. And as soon as we got him out, I pulled him away from the lake here and started working him around the back side of the truck. Woo, he's a wiry little thing, dude. He is strong, isn't he? He's gnarly. He just wants to go back in that water, man. You know, this alligator is real wiry.
He's thin. He's a nasty alligator. I mean, you know, he was working. He was jumping. He was spinning. He wanted to get back to that water. And most dangerous place you can get, you know, is between an alligator and the lake. [snorts] Got him. Woo. Wow. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Just make sure you keep your eyes open, you know, cuz gators pass through this area all the time. Got you. Okay. Very cool. Thanks. You get that one, Hercules? Yeah. He's a little bigger than he looked. Yeah. How much do you weigh? He probably weighs about 100 lb. Oh, yeah?
Yeah, about 120. Just feel his tail there. It's soft but hard as a rock, yeah. That's as close as you can get to a dinosaur. Yeah. Wow. Overall, the catch went real well and you know, we're glad we got him out without any injury and get him back to Holiday Park. I'm happy the gator is gone and thanks to the boys for getting rid of him. And now little Ava can have her lake back. Ashley gave us a permit from FWC about a gator being on a wood carver's property.
We got out here as fast as we could. You guys hear about the gator? Yep. Yeah, my dogs were raising cane last night about midnight and looked outside, there's a gator walking around. Really? And this morning when I got up, I let the dogs out and they were going crazy and I seen the gator again, so I decided that I better call somebody. Let's see if we can find him. Do you want to show us around? Sure. So, how do you think he got into your property? Well, there's canals on both sides of the fence. And I've always seen the gators in there, but I've never seen one in my yard.
Where is that Is the canal on the other side of that? Yeah, right over there. And this gate? We were working the trees the other day and apparently we left it open. Does that lead to the canal? Yes, absolutely. All right. Well, I think we just figured out how your gator got in. Yep, that'd be a good one. Uh if you don't mind, uh we're just going to free roam your property and just see if we can find him. It's great. I'm going to be on the porch watching. It's a big gator. Okay. Uh this is a big piece of property. I don't know.
We should just keep our eyes in the bushes cuz he might be up in here. Yeah. Woo, guys, I found him. He's right there. Woo. Wow. Dude, is he Hey, he's blind. What makes this alligator dangerous is that he is blind in both eyes. So, he's very protective of himself. Um Andy, try to get around. Let's get his tail. Let's get him out in this open. He can hear you. Holy moly. You might want to back up. So, this alligator is depending all on sound, but he still is a very dangerous alligator. He still has 80 teeth.
As I started working this alligator, I touched him on the nose. He went airborne. [snorts] And then right after he went airborne, I goosed him. He spun after me, full mouth open, ready to go. This gator's going to be so sensitive to the touch, it's not even funny. Woo. Oof. [snorts] Wow. He's a jumper. The homeowner told us this alligator was 6 ft, but this alligator is a 9-ft alligator.
This alligator is very protective of himself. Soon as the slightest bit of touch he explodes. And that's what this alligator did. You know, this alligator, being that he's blind, we wanted to work him just a little more, you know, than normal. Reason being is that, you know, that he This alligator is spooked. We don't want him to bang himself up in the truck and all. [snorts] Watch yourself. Jump, jump, jump, jump. You're good. He's got some big scutes. Why do you think the gator came here?
Uh you know, being that he's blind in both eyes, he was probably walking the fence line and found that open area and he just continued to walk in. But once he got into your yard, he probably couldn't find his way out. I mean, if he wasn't blind, chances are he would have been gone last night. You can actually see on the side of the jaw here the rub marks where he actually was rubbing the chain link where he was trying to get out. Got a pretty cool alligator. You know, overall, this gator was an awesome catch. Hang on to him. You know, he survived through adulthood, but being blind, he might have ended up in the highway and got hit by a car. So, you
know, I'm glad that we were able to get this alligator out. Thank you very much. We appreciate everything.
