After sneaking into a residential area, a tow truck was required to retrieve a massive alligator estimated to be more than 12 feet in length.
The reptile was sighted in the early morning hours of September 19 near Atascocita, Texas.
Once at the site, officers from Harris County Constable Precinct 4 discovered the 12-foot alligator in the middle of the road. Since then, the image of the alligator has gone viral on Facebook, as viewers are surprised by its size.
This 12-foot-long alligator was captured prowling the Houston, Texas suburb of Atascocita.
Officers from Harris County Constable Precinct 4 located the animal in the Waters Edge neighborhood near Lake Houston.
A skilled trapper was able to corner the beast and secure its venomous jaws, but a tow truck was required to transport it away.
A trapper with a pickup truck was contacted and was able to capture the alligator.
The cops were compelled to summon a tow truck firm in order to carry the beast onto the back of the vehicle, as it was too large to be moved without assistance.
“See ya later, alligator!” said Constable Mark Herman in a Facebook post that received more than 1,300 likes and hundreds of comments.
This morning, Constable Mark Herman’s deputies rushed to the 13800 block of N Lake Branch Lane in the Waters Edge community of Atascocita in response to a 12-foot alligator in the road.
The alligator has been securely captured and is in the custody of Animal Control.
The enormous reptile has left users startled, with several comparing it to a dinosaur.
One guy said, “So now we have dinosaurs walking our neighborhoods?”
Another user remarked, “That is an entire dinosaur!”
Someone person said, “That’s a big one!”
Following the most recent encounter, a Facebook user remarked, “He needs to visit Gator Country!”
This alligator is 12 feet and 4 inches long. I was present when they measured it,’ someone else chimed in.
‘OMG. Another user added, “I don’t know what I would do if I encountered an alligator in the road.” [sic]
‘Yeah I ran into him on a kayak in the water. Never again lol,’ remarked someone else.
Michael Schwab, an eyewitness, stated that the creature resembled a dinosaur and was a “wonder to behold.”
He said, “He was flailing about.” He appeared exhausted, but they were just about to remove him, and it was one of the most bizarre animal-related occurrences I’ve ever witnessed.’
Despite multiple recent sightings of alligators in urban areas, Texas Parks and Wildlife reports that their population has not increased.
The heat makes alligators more active in the spring and summer, according to local experts.
Likewise, when there is a drought in the region, such as earlier this summer, alligators seek out water.
A 11-foot alligator was seized in Katy, Texas, last week.
As the alligator weighed about a quarter-ton, the cops utilized a tow truck to carefully hoist it into the air once it was safely secured.
A professional trapper straddled the animal and tied it up after authorities responded swiftly to concerns from anxious locals.
Authorities discovered the lizard wandering through the grass near Buffalo Bayou, then captured and transported it after tying it up.
The colossal reptile was subsequently transported to Gator Country, a sanctuary for ‘nuisance gators,’ or gators identified and captured in residential areas.
According to its website, the sanctuary includes around 450 reptiles and is “the only sanctuary for nuisance alligators to exist in Texas.”
On the morning of September 12, the enormous alligator was initially spotted wandering through a residential area in Katy, Texas.
On a Florida highway, a giant 11-foot alligator was discovered hooked to the back of a car only days before the astonishing videos were captured.
This specific animal appears to have been hunted during Florida’s yearly alligator hunting season, during which licensed hunters are able to harvest gators.
The colossal alligator was transported to Gator Country, a reptile refuge and amusement park in Texas that accepts alligators returned after disturbances.
Gator Country is home to more than 450 reptiles and performs both informative and dangerous feeding events when enormous alligators are fed in front of a crowd.
Each year, over 5,000 persons apply for a total of 7,000 licences to collect alligators ranging in length from roughly three to fourteen feet.
Wildlife scientists believe that Florida is home to 1,3 million alligators of various sizes, whereas Texas has only 400 million.
In the United States, fatal alligator attacks are uncommon, occurring on average once a year.
Last week in Brevard County, Florida, a peculiar image posted on social media appears to show an alligator attached to the tailgate of an SUV.