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Polk County deputies encounter massive alligator near school in Lakeland
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Large alligator trapped near school in Lakeland
Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff s Office encountered a large alligator that was sunning on a sidewalk in Lakeland Thursday morning.
LAKE MARY, Fla. - Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff s Office encountered a large alligator that was sunning on a sidewalk in the Lakeland area on Thursday morning.
Deputies were called to the western shore of Scott Lake in the Lakeland Highlands community about a nuisance gator that was spotted not far from Lakeland Highlands Middle School.
A trapper was called out to collect the estimated 10-foot-long, 800-pound reptile, which did not go without a fight.