LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. (WFLA) – A Land O’ Lakes resident made a scary discovery Tuesday morning.
The resident, who lives in the Sable Ridge subdivision, discovered an 8.5-foot-long alligator hiding underneath a truck parked in a driveway.
Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the home.
A state gator trapper was called to the scene and wrangled the gator then took it away.
Jose Baluja lives two doors down and shot video of the gator.
“Just total shock. Lived here all my life and never seen anything that big,” he said.
“As the Florida man was pulling him out, he tore a piece of the side stepper of the truck off. You can watch it on the video. So he got him from here and and he started doing his wrestling moves over here with him.”
Joshua Francois saw the gator as he was walking to school.
“I was just walking to the bus stop and then my friend said, ‘Josh, Josh, look at that. Look at that.’ I was like, ‘what are you looking at?’ And he’s like, ‘an alligator.’”
No injuries were reported.
Alligator found under truck
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