Video shows massive alligator strolling through Cinco Ranch subdivision
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Residents strolling through a Cinco Ranch neighborhood Monday morning were joined by an unexpected guest -- an 11-foot long alligator.
Fort Bend County Pct. 1 Constable Chad Norvell shared a video of the massive reptile strolling through the Grand Lakes subdivision along Peek Road at Buffalo Bayou.
The video showed the gator walking slowly along a fence in the neighborhood. He was first spotted around 7:40 a.m.
In an update posted to Twitter, Norvell said the gator had been safely caught and relocated to Gator Country near Beaumont.
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A trapper caught up to him about 60 yards north of Buffalo Bayou, according to Norvell.
"He's a little embarrassed with all the attention out here!" Norvell tweeted with a photo of the gator tied up in the bed of a truck.
Another video from Michael Schwab, a witness in the area, shows the gator being lifted off the ground using a tow truck.
"People stopped their cars on the road to get out and watch the sight," Schwab said in a statement to ABC13.
The gator was found near Buffalo Bayou, which is why one Fort Bend County resident told ABC13 he wasn't surprised to see a video of this alligator.
"It's just part of the environment," Isaac Veras said. "That's their home."
The Cinco Ranch gator isn't alone when it comes to recent sightings.
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Two Missouri City residents found alligators on their porches in the past several weeks.
One of the gators was wrangled single-handedly by a local restaurant owner after he dropped his kids off at school.
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