Going Buck Wild!

We had a little excitement on Seastrand Lane on Wednesday. Fletcher and I came home from the playground to find a police officer and half the neighborhood in our front yard. My neighbor quickly flagged me down to explain that there was an alligator in my yard! It was in the 20 ft space between our fence the neighbor's fence, which has a lot of trees and bushes for it to take cover. I parked and got out, so I could talk to the cop and see what the plan was. She said that the wild life people had been called, but were on the Isle of Palms capturing another gator! Apparently, it is mating season, so all the gators in the area are "going buck wild" moving around looking for mates. As we waited and watched, two boys explained how they watched it walk down the road from the pond, which is maybe a quarter mile away. It went through yards and then stopped traffic crossing the street. It got stuck once it entered our yard because there is a privacy fence blocking the only way out. We watched it try to come back out and then head for cover again.

Once the wild life people arrived they captured it pretty quickly, but it did put up a fight. The best part though is once they measured it it was only 6.5 feet, so they had to put it back in the pond. They only remove them when they reach 8 feet!