12-foot, 800-pound alligator caught at Texas shopping center
SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Authorities captured a rather large alligator behind a Sugar Land shopping center Saturday morning, reports CBS affiliate KHOU in Houston.
Alligator trapper Christy Krobroth told KTRK the creature probably just got lost and wandered into the parking lot. A forklift was required to remove it.
Whitney Morrow, owner of Whitney Morrow Hairdressing, was one of a few business owners who posted a photo to Facebook of the gator behind her salon.
I feel bad, but after this guy told me he hated his haircut, I had to have him thrown out of the salon.(Seriously, this is behind my salon!)
Posted by Whitney Morrow Hairdressing on Saturday, November 7, 2015
Another business owner in the shopping center said on Facebook the animal was 50 years old, weighed 800 pounds, was 12 feet long and blind in one eye.
Missed the roll he did but you can hear his heavy breathing, the guy had to cover his eye so he doesn't cheat when he hits the pinata! Lol!
Posted by Beatrice Valdez-House on Saturday, November 7, 2015
Police helped haul the gator off the property and relocate it to Brazos Bend State Park.