Deputy Uses His Bare Hands to Wrangle Alligator in Swimming Pool

Video shows Florida deputy pulling thrashing alligator from backyard pool with bare hands

It was all in a day's work for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was called after a young alligator was found in a backyard pool in St. Augustine.

Florida deputy wrangles gator from pool — then buckles it up in back seat of cruiser

Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Richardson hauled an alligator out of a family's pool -- and even buckled it up in the back seat of his patrol car -- in a wild video that one fan said showed Florida grit "at its finest."

Moment police officer picks up alligator from swimming pool with bare hands

Watch the moment a police officer removes an alligator from a family’s swimming pool in Florida with no equipment. Footage shared by St Johns County Sheriff's Office on Saturday (2 August) shows the officer sticking his bare hands in the water to retrieve the animal, jokingly telling it: “I know you’re super mad.” One impressed family member tells the brave officer: “Obviously you must have grown up here!” The alligator is then placed inside the…

Viral video: Deputy removes gator in St. Augustine pool and buckles it in for a safe ride

A bodycam video went viral this weekend, showing a St. Johns County deputy safely securing an alligator after it swam in a residential backyard pool.

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Deputy uses his bare hands to wrangle alligator in swimming pool

A Florida sheriff's office shared body camera footage of a deputy using his bare hands to capture an alligator found swimming in a resident's backyard pool.