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10-foot, 800-pound alligator spotted by deputies in Lakeland

Polk County deputies met the beast on a Lakeland sidewalk Thursday.
Credit: Polk County Sheriff's Office

LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County deputies were in for a big, and we mean big, surprise this past Thursday.

They came across a 10-foot, 800-pound alligator walking on a Lakeland sidewalk. 

According to a tweet by the Polk County Sheriff's Office, a trapper had to come get the gator from the "residential/school area."

Check out the video here.

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