A video posted by the Tampa Police Division reveals courageous officers from the power wrangling an enormous alligator in the midst of a Florida road.
The video, aptly titled, "See You Later, Alligator......" was posted to the division's YouTube web page Thursday and reveals officers responding to a rogue gator "roaming the streets close to W. Kathleen St. and N. Howard Ave.," the outline of the YouTube video stated.
Police discovered the gator on the street at about 1 a.m. native time on Wednesday and estimated the animal was about 10 toes lengthy.
An officer first tries to get the gator's consideration, nevertheless it turns round, bears its enamel, and hisses on the cop, video reveals.
The cop retains poking the gator along with his baton, nevertheless it refuses to maneuver from its spot on the street.
After a number of extra tries — and some extra hisses from the grumpy gator — the officer grabs the reptile by the tail to get it to maneuver, video reveals.
A second officer then joins in, and the pair loop a rope across the alligator's snout to maintain it from snapping at them.
However dragging it alone wasn't going to do the trick.
Video reveals the primary officer pouncing on the gator and placing his physique weight over the huge reptile's head and physique to cease it from thrashing.
He asks for a towel to cowl the gator's eyes — "so he chills out" — as he holds his palms over the beast's snout to maintain its mouth closed.
A bunch of cops approaches to wrap up the alligator's mouth and limbs with duct tape, video reveals.
The gator stays calm as officers are on prime of it however then begins to hiss and thrash extra when they're securing its again legs.
"He is warming again up," one of many officers warned.
In the end, Tampa police stated the cops secured the "growling gator" and the reptile was "taken for a experience by our companions from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee to discover a extra appropriate dwelling."
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