A security camera on Monday captured nighttime footage showing a large alligator attempting to climb the outside wall of a Florida residence.
Matt Devitt, chief meteorologist at WINK News, stated via X that the attempted break-in by the ‘huge Florida gator’ occurred in Babcock Ranch.
“That’s a new one!” Devitt observed.
*HUGE FLORIDA GATOR* tries to climb up a house last night in Babcock Ranch, Florida. That’s a new one! Credit: @WINKNews viewer Kayla 🐊👀 pic.twitter.com/X6OglOqF7a
— Matt Devitt (@MattDevittWINK) August 15, 2023
The footage was credited to a WINK viewer named Kayla.
Devitt receives plenty of gator footage from viewers.
A haunting image he showcased last February showed a massive alligator sprawled on a golf course, gazing toward the photographer in what Devitt described as a “Jurassic’ moment.
In March Devitt shared footage of a large alligator tearing through a metal fence to with astonishing ease, although it was later revealed that the fencing was aluminum.
“Only in Florida,” Devitt wrote.
It’s not surprising that alligators occasionally generate headlines in Florida.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) states on its website that about 1.3 million alligators reside in the state, and that they inhabit all 67 counties.
–Generic alligator image is courtesy if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service