Officer thrown from alligator during failed neighborhood wrangling attempt

Officer thrown from alligator during failed neighborhood wrangling attempt

A police officer's ill-advised attempt to wrangle an alligator in someone's front yard went sideways in a hurry. The popular video shared on Facebook shows how lucky the officer was to walk away from the incident.  WCIV reported on a video of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, police officers dealing with an alligator, but for locals, the scene was less a bizarre one-off than a reminder that gator season is very much a real thing. As temperatures r…