‘Only in Florida’: Hillsborough deputies, trapper wrangle 9-foot alligator

SEFFNER, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County deputies called a licensed alligator trapper to wrangle a 9-foot alligator near a school bus stop in Seffner on Thursday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.

A person running near East Wheeler road spotted the alligator and called deputies to have it removed from the area, HCSO said in a Facebook post.

A video shows a trapper wrangling the 9-foot, 9-inch alligator, pulling it with a rope.

“You can hear him hissing,” a deputy said as the alligator began rolling…

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