The Other White Meat: Woman wakes to find gator in front yard

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D'Iberville woman wakes to find gator in front yard

Posted: Jun 29, 2011 11:09 AM EDT
Updated: Jun 29, 2011 11:59 AM EDT

D'IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) - A D'Iberville woman had quite a scare Wednesday morning when she looked out her front window. A seven and a half foot gator was walking around in her yard.

D'Iberville Police were called and kept the alligator contained in one area until folks with the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks got there with the gator trapper.

"There's a seven foot alligator in the yard and I thought, 'Unbelievable!'" Linda Hart said. "He was just sitting there like he had nowhere to go and nothing to do. So he got up and walked around a little bit and we watched him cross the road. The officer said, 'Ma'am, you realize that alligator can run faster than you.' And I said, 'Yeah.' So we backed up a little bit."

In about an hour, the gator was tied up and ready to be transported to its next destination.

"We just went ahead and wrapped him up. Bagged and tagged him, and that's it," the gator trapper said. "We're going to make a decision whether he's harvestable, which means we'll send him somewhere else, or just turn him loose. If they need one somewhere else."

The alligator was walking around in D'Iberville off of Brodie Road.

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