In a shocking incident, an 11-foot-long crocodile was spotted roaming around Missouri, a suburb of Houston, United States, on Sunday night.
Cornelius Gregg Jr. – a citizen – says he was on his way home from work when he saw the animal on the side of the road near Crown Valley Drive.
“I saw his eyes. I didn’t see him, I saw his eyes,” Gregg said KTRK-TV About finding the first gator in Houston.
“So, he made me make a U-turn, and then when I made the U-turn, I drove slowly, and then I saw him. He was a juvenile, he was huge. I was so close to him. Never seen since…”
In the meantime, he dialed 911 and informed the authorities about the incident.
As soon as the information was received, the officials reached the spot and started efforts to catch the giant animal.
According to the trappers, it took three hours to get the 1,200-pound alligator onto a wrecker truck after “quite a fight.”
It fell to Timothy D. Ramos with the local Texas Alligator Patrol to muzzle the gator and hoist it onto the vehicle.
“I had to secure and tape his mouth. He kept throwing the rope and the towel, snapping his jaws, and swinging his tail at me,” said DeRames, who described the gator as 85 years old. .
“We see these animals a lot, so if you don’t mess with him, he won’t mess with you,” he said, adding, “A lot of our neighbors walk their dogs, they run. , read books and the worst thing to do is wake up in the morning and there’s an alligator at your front door.”