A bunch of Louisiana officers received greater than they bargained for once they responded to a “suspicious topic” wandering by way of a neighborhood.
Deputies in St. John the Baptist Parish SWAT group responded to the decision on July 1, a Fb submit mentioned.
“Upon arrival, officers tried to make contact with the suspect who resisted arrest,” deputies mentioned.
However this wasn’t their regular, run-of-the-mill felony. This suspect had massive enamel.
In a video taken by a neighbor and shared on Fb, deputies might be seen in a slow-speed chase of a 5-foot-long alligator.
Residents seemed on because the group tried to seize the alligator’s tail, lacking many times because the reptile made it clear that it could not give up peacefully.
When the alligator was surrounded, it whipped round and opened its mouth, hissing on the deputies.
One deputy took the alligator head on and clamped its mouth shut earlier than one other jumped on prime of the alligator and taped its mouth shut.
The alligator didn’t go willingly, wrapping round and twisting its manner out of the deputies’ arms earlier than they may get a ok maintain on the animal.
“Officers took the suspect into custody then launched it again into the swamp the place it belongs,” the submit mentioned.
St. John the Baptist Parish is about 30 miles northwest of New Orleans.
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