An alligator invades a swimming pool in Florida
@Deepizzaguy (102876)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
June 28, 2023 3:54pm CST
A woman who lives in Pinellas County Florida was going to enter her swimming pool on Tuesday June 20 when she saw an alligator swimming inside of her pool.
The woman whose name was not released to the public called the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) to ask them for their help in removing the alligator from her swimming pool.
The deputies with the PCSO with the help of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commision teamed up to remove the alligator from her swimming pool and the wildlife officials to take the alligator to a safer location.
The woman admitted that the alligator went into her swimming pool to cool off under a hot sunny day.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
There are a few persons who like to gamble with their lives dealing with alligator inside of pools.
@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
I would be scared if I saw an alligator inside of a swimming pool as well.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
Thank goodness that no one was hurt in the incident indeed.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
29 Jun 23
Oh my goodness! What a surprise! I'm glad they were able to relocate the gator.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
I am in agreement with you since an alligator entering a swimming pool is scary.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
28 Jun 23
This kind of story happens more than you think. I have heard several stories like this.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
I believe you since alligator need water a lot,
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@MarieCoyle (37544)
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29 Jun 23
My daughter and her family, as well as some other family, live in Pinellas County. The alligator in the pool happens way, way more often than people realize. My son in law found one in their pool the first summer they lived there--a very small one. But others they know there have found them in theirs as well.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun 23
I did not know that alligators entering swimming pools happens more often than the media reports on television.
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@MarieCoyle (37544)
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30 Jun 23
@Deepizzaguy
In the tropical climates, such as Florida, etc. I think so many people are so used to removing critters that they don't even report it. I know a family in St. Petersburg, FL. that have removed quite a few tiny, baby alligators, giant frogs, snakes, and who knows what all, from their swimming pools.
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@Deepizzaguy (102876)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jun 23
@MarieCoyle I did not know that people who live in Florida have to deal with frogs and gators inside of their swimming pools.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
29 Jun 23
People are so brave to live in areas where alligators and bears are. I would be terrified every time I stepped outside.
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