Imagine a 11-foot (3 m) alligator in his back yard. The picture is frightening, but familiar to Florida.
On Friday evening, April 19, a fire team from Miami was returning to his station near Northwest 13th Street and 37th Avenue when the rescuers saw what looked like a body lying on the ground.
According to a representative of Miami Fire Rescue Ignatius Carroll, they immediately rushed to the aid of «the man», but it turned out that he really does not need. And it was not human.
The «body» turned out to be an alligator the size of three meters.
Photo: Miami Fire Rescue
«For the first time seen in person», — shared his impressions one of the firefighters.
The fire brigade was called to the police Department in Miami and employees of the Florida Commission for the protection of wildlife, but first they had to «dance» with the alligator.
First, they wanted to make sure that the alligator will not cause an accident on the road, but should stay at a safe distance from him.
«He didn’t pay any attention to us, just kept moving his way,» said Carroll.
In the end, the predator got to the court house couples and in the next second easily broke through the fence netting, once in the back yard.
Firefighters warned the residents that they took animals from the yards themselves are not out on the street.
Soon there arrived specialists on wildlife and law enforcement officers, who after several attempts managed to catch the alligator with a rope. Fortunately, has done without victims.
