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Large alligator saunters through Florida neighborhood

Alligator saunters through neighborhood in Sarasota County, Florida in April 2022. (Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office)

VENICE, Fla. – Sheriff’s deputies captured video of a large alligator crawling through a front yard in Florida before making its way into a community lake.

The video was taken Sunday morning in Venice, Florida, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.

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Deputies estimated the gator to be about 10 feet long (3 meters).

The sheriff's office notified the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. They also warned neighbors to be on alert because the alligator sauntered down to Harrington Lake to take an Easter morning swim.

Venice is south of Tampa on Florida’s Gulf Coast.


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