An 11-foot alligator was removed from a pond in a Sarasota, Florida, apartment complex on Monday, May 13.
Mike Schulz recorded the moment local trapper Ken Cowles managed to wrangle the massive alligator with the help of Schulz’s friend, Matt Laporte.
The video shows the gator being pulled from the pond, tied up, and put into the back of Cowles’ truck. Credit: Mike Schulz via Storyful
Video transcript
Yeah.
Huh.
Uh huh.
That’s your line.
I guess I, I feel it.
Mhm.
Lacking that.
We’ll be back.
Somebody hand me one brother.
Come back yourself just giving a helping hand.
But so I do this.
Ah no cut in.
Get on.
What else?
He’s a fatty dude.
What?
You too for their robbery?
Test one of this, right?
Yeah.
Little ones you know.
Hold on.
Right.
Yeah.
This the first workout of the day.
Yeah, that’s it.
Is that big orange beer?
Sweet snacks.
Thank you, Dr OK.
Hear me?
You gave my phone back then?
Ok. You come up sweet.
You got it.
I’m gonna, so is that like don’t let her have to give me slack.
Give me a second.
I like the slack ma so both legs.
Ah I didn’t want you scaring me, right?
I had to come in right when you come out that one with iphone.
Have you got a Samsung or iphone?
Ok.
So mine is the same uh I type, did somebody come and check?
Got him?
Yeah.
Put it around your finger.
Pull it tight and use the whole thing.
No, put the L through your finger.
Keep coming go, go fast, pull it tight, keep going, come back to it.
You gotta stand off to the sides of culture and put your fingers here.
Abortions this way towards review.
I’ll be down here, ok?
No, that’s a fucking, there’s one of you guys neck I gotta get a drink for one.
Are you coming back here to look for that?
I thought you were in ac you should do that.
My old, I love that.
Yes, sir.
I not put this.
I was already fucking smiling at me, boys.
You were fucking me calm for later.
7 ft 11.
You can steal an inch from me over here.
So if you know round her up a little bit.
But no, and I see that the perfectly the movie is rattling.
It’s a rattlesnake, you know he’s been bad buddy.
Ok?
I need two on each side.
Um 25 warm enough.
I’m going on this side with this guy.
Hm.
Ok, Diana, stand up here.
I do it all by the.
So I’m gonna stand on the tailgate now, I’m gonna pick his head up, ok?
We gotta just get his head swing over so he’s got to push his head over.
So we get it up here but it’ll come up underneath, ok?
And then one guy get on each leg, one on front, one on back and we wanna just get his front legs head up on here and then we can push it.
Who’s coming you coming with me, Levi?
Probably the only one block there ready.
I’m just walking out that you guys ready.
Come on right here.
Get in there ready.
No.
OK. OK.
Caps.
Move them up.
That’s that big Levi right there.
Come on Gino.
Oh yeah, he’s in.
Ok.
So somebody pulls it down, close it hard, harder.
It’s not locked, pull it open.
You still can.
The rope is.
Yeah.
Oh wait, you know what’s wrong?
This rope’s in here, boss.
Ok. Can I do it again?
You need a smoke.
