{"id":688321,"date":"2026-06-06T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688321\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:44:12","slug":"gator-crossing-giant-alligator-stops-cars-walking-across-busy-west-palm-beach-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688321\/","title":{"rendered":"GATOR CROSSING: Giant alligator stops cars walking across busy West Palm Beach road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Why did the gator cross the road?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a question many drivers were probably wondering when they saw a large alligator crossing westbound Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Have a video of breaking news, bizarre sights, or something capturing South Florida life? Send it to our<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/chimein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> CBS12 Chime In page<\/a>. You could see it featured online or on air! <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/crime-bodycam-masked-intruder-arrested-after-port-st-lucie-apartment-break-in-300-watch-stolen-sanctuary-apartments-at-winterlakes-northwest-moorehen-trail-police-department-k-9-unit-arrest-siren-feature-theft-burglary-st-lucie-county-jail-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VIDEO: Masked intruder arrested after Port St. Lucie apartment break-in; $300 watch stolen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Isabel Simpson sent us her video of the gator taking a casual stroll across the busy main road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Why did the gator cross the road? That&#8217;s a question many drivers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-688321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688321","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=688321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}