Texas dad wrangles alligator before daughter's first day of school
Published in Weird News
Trinh and a friend then drove the alligator to a nearby pond and released it into the wild.
"Once we removed the tape. It didn't do anything," Trinh said. It hissed. I crossed it off the list. I'm going to wrestle an alligator today.
Assuming that nobody would believe them, Trinh had his daughter filmed the entire ordeal, adding, "I think if [my daughter] told her friends at school, they probably wouldn't believe her."
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the American alligator is a commonly found reptile in the state.
The department noted that, while alligators typically shy away from humans, they can "become perceived as a nuisance when they establish territories around people."
"As human populations in Texas continue to expand, there have been an increased number of encounters between people and alligators," the department said.
Despite attacks being rare, people have died at the hands of alligators before.
This past Monday, a South Carolina woman was apparently killed by an alligator after she slipped and fell while gardening.
A large alligator was later found guarding the woman's body in a nearby pond.
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