{"id":572198,"date":"2026-04-08T17:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572198\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:33:11","slug":"alligator-intruder-caught-on-video-after-breaking-into-familys-pool-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/572198\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator intruder caught on video after breaking into family’s pool in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

What was first thought to be a human intruder turned out to be a 9-foot-6 alligator breaking into a family’s pool enclosure around 3 a.m. in Tampa, Florida<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 One uninvited guest<\/a> caused a major ruckus in the middle of the night at a Tampa family’s home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What was first thought to be a human intruder turned out to be a 9-foot-6 alligator<\/a> breaking into the lanai just after 3 a.m. on March 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a video posted by the Tampa Police Department, the gator seemed irritated by the officers and nuisance alligator trapper disturbing its swim session.<\/p>\n

Officers assisted the trapper in pulling the gator into the pool, where it continued to thrash around underwater.<\/p>\n

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“So, he’ll just frolic around and wear himself out?” the officer asked.<\/p>\n

“Yeah,” the trapper responded. “That’ll burn some of that energy off.”<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the crew was able to tie up the gator, pull it out of the pool and load it into the back of a pickup truck while it hissed the entire time.<\/p>\n

Alligators are known to hiss as a defensive warning to predators, competitors or humans who get too close.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/a>, gator courtship begins in early April before mating starts in May and June.<\/p>\n

A gator can be considered a nuisance if it’s at least 4 feet long and poses a threat to people, pets or property. Anyone concerned about a nuisance alligator is urged to contact local authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What was first thought to be a human intruder turned out to be a 9-foot-6 alligator breaking into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-572198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}