{"id":589275,"date":"2026-08-10T21:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/589275\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:24:17","slug":"10-foot-300-pound-alligator-relocated-after-turning-up-near-coconut-creek-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/589275\/","title":{"rendered":"10-foot, 300-pound alligator relocated after turning up near Coconut Creek High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FENJWONLMZGSBI75YEFFS7MBAM.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/>(Coconut Creek Police Department) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">COCONUT CREEK, Fla.  \u2014 A massive alligator spotted near Coconut Creek High School has been safely relocated, according to the Coconut Creek Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/10\/reubican-a-caiman-de-10-pies-y-300-libras-tras-aparecer-cerca-de-coconut-creek-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/10\/reubican-a-caiman-de-10-pies-y-300-libras-tras-aparecer-cerca-de-coconut-creek-high-school\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police shared photos of the encounter on Facebook Saturday, joking that the gator may have been eager for the school doors to open Monday morning after summer break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The alligator was found near a canal at the corner of Coconut Creek Parkway and Lyons Road, which borders the high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cA gator that could\u2019ve played left tackle on Creek High\u2019s football team has been relocated,\u201d the department joked in its post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the alligator measured about 10 feet long and weighed well over 300 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assisted with relocating the animal Friday night, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The sizable reptile now has a new home at Everglades Holiday Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police also had a little fun speculating about what may have brought the gator to the area, joking that perhaps the nearby canal \u201cis like a Buc-ee\u2019s for gators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM Updated:\u00a0August 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand(Coconut Creek Police Department) COCONUT CREEK,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-589275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}