{"id":287376,"date":"2025-11-12T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/287376\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:18:33","slug":"florida-gator-caught-on-camera-popping-out-of-pond-charging-at-fisherman-thats-my-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/287376\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gator caught on camera popping out of pond, charging at fisherman: ‘That’s my foot!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gator <\/p>\n

FOUR CORNERS, Fla. – A Florida<\/a> fisherman was chased away from a pond by an angry alligator<\/a> earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Video taken by Cole Rossner shows the moment he was reeling in a fish in Four Corners, when some pond life of a very different kind came at him.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Video: Florida gator found hiding in Orlando apartment complex<\/a><\/p>\n

“Out of nowhere when I was reeling in a fish, this gator popped out of the water and chased me instead of the fish,” Rossner told Storyful.<\/p>\n

On Instagram, Rossner wrote that he was “lucky to have a foot right now.”<\/p>\n

The Source: Information for this story was collected from Storyful.<\/p>\n

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