FCSO deputies pull alligator out of resident's swale

A Palm Coast resident called about the nuisance gator on July 21.


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  • | 7:30 p.m. July 24, 2023
FCSO deputies pull juvenile gator from resident's swale. Photo courtesy of FCSO
FCSO deputies pull juvenile gator from resident's swale. Photo courtesy of FCSO
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Several Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies practiced their alligator wrangling skills when a Palm Coast resident called about a nuisance gator on July 21. 

A resident in the R Section of Palm Coast called deputies about a 5-foot alligator on their property in an area where children play, according to an FCSO Facebook post. 

The gator was in a concrete culvert beneath the resident's driveway.

Video of the incident (view video it HERE) shows FCSO deputies pulling the animal out of the swale using a catch pole and jumping on the gator to contain it until a trapper arrived.

 

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