"It was lying in a spot just over the crest of a hill and would have been impossible to see if it happened to be in the road at the wrong time," biologist Greg Nelms told Newsweek.
Georgia is home to an estimated 200,000 alligators, so it’s not uncommon for people who live in the Peach State to have run-ins with them. However, it’s a crime to shoot an alligator in Georgia outside of hunting season.