{"id":246322,"date":"2026-04-25T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246322\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:20:14","slug":"orange-county-deputies-remove-11-foot-alligator-near-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246322\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County deputies remove 11-foot alligator near apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ocso-gator-catch.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article   <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Orange County Sheriff\u2019s deputies responded to a wildlife call near an apartment complex that turned out to involve a much larger alligator than initially reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to officials, when a 911 call first came in, deputies were told they would be responding to a roughly 5-foot alligator spotted walking near the complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Upon arrival, deputies discovered the reptile was significantly larger \u2014 measuring more than 11 feet in length.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Officials say that despite the unexpected size of the animal, deputies worked alongside licensed alligator trappers to safely secure and relocate the massive gator without incident.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Reports suggest that there were no injuries, and the alligator was removed from the area to ensure the safety of nearby residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information provided by the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office on April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Orange County Sheriff\u2019s deputies responded to a wildlife call near an apartment complex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-246322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}