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Video: Florida gator goes door to door with folding chair stuck to its head

By and Marie Sauvé
Published  May 12, 2025 11:43am EDT
Florida
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Florida gator gets folding chair stuck on head

Florida gator gets folding chair stuck on head

A large alligator was wrangled and relocated after being spotted in a Fort Myers neighborhood on Friday morning.

The Brief

    • An alligator in Fort Myers was wrangled and relocated after being spotted with its head stuck under a chair on Friday morning.
    • The gator was caught on camera lurking at a doorstep with the folding chair on its head.
    • The large alligator was loaded onto a truck and safely secured.

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Florida gator was caught on camera going door to door with a folding chair stuck to its head in a Fort Myers neighborhood on Friday morning.

Courtesy: Lee County Sheriff's Office

The Lee County Sheriff's Office shared footage on Facebook that shows a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer wrangling the alligator with the help of deputies.

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The backstory:

The gator was spotted lurking on a doorstep after getting its head stuck under a chair at another property. The video shows the FWC officer slowly approaching the large gator before it was loaded onto a truck.

The sheriff's office said the alligator was "secured and handed over to the trapper safely."

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

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