Police in Viera, Florida, came to the rescue after an 8-foot alligator was found cooling off in a swimming pool. The large gator was removed by law enforcement.
A 7-foot, 6-inch alligator showed up in a Florida woman’s swimming pool, but it’s aThe image, shared April 4 by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, shows Deputy Robert Santiago wide eyed and slack jawed as he holds a rope tied to the gator.
“Ok folks we need some help captioning this one,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey wrote on Facebook. “When working as a deputy sheriff for the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office there is never a dull moment!! Just ask Deputy Robert Santiago. ... I would love to know exactly what Deputy Santiago was thinking but I’m pretty sure it was …’I didn’t sign up for this!’”The photo was taken at a home on Silver Lake Drive in Melbourne, after a woman called the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission to report an alligator in her pool. Melbourne is about 70 miles southeast of Orlando.
Wildlife trapper Scott Swartley was sent to catch the alligator and the photo was taken at the moment Swartley and Santiago tugged it out of the water. Hundreds of commenters have responded, including some who questioned whether a gator in a pool was any tougher than students on spring break. Others made jokes about Santiago needing a bigger patrol car.
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