FULSHEAR, Texas (AP) — A nearly 9-foot alligator has been removed from a Houston-area garage after the homeowner found the reptile beside his lawn mower.
Police in Fulshear say nobody was hurt in Thursday night’s incident and the animal was being transported to an alligator refuge.
Capt. Mike McCoy says the alligator is quite big — at 8 feet 9 inches and nearly 300 pounds.
Homeowner Doug Dallmer says the goal was not to harm the alligator, which was hissing and biting while being removed by some reptile wranglers.
Fulshear is 30 miles west of Houston.
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