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Watch: Trapper pulls 7-foot gator from Florida pool

Posted at 1:28 PM, May 29, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-29 13:28:06-04

VENICE, Fla. -- While crowds flock to the beach this Memorial Day, one Florida gator hit the pool instead.

Deputy Lori Clark of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office was called to a Venice home in the Plantation golf & Country Club on Monday and arrived to find a 7-8 foot gator lounging in the bottom of a swimming pool.

Florida Fish and Wildlife and a local trapper were called to capture the gator and relocate it to a proper location.

Nobody was injured by the reptile.