WATCH: Alligator Crawls Around Florida Walmart
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iStock/Thinkstock(APOPKA, Fla.) — A Walmart in Apopka, Fla., had a surprise visitor on Sunday when a 6-foot alligator wandered near its front door, ABC News affiliate WFTV reported.
Robin Watkins, who was shopping in Walmart with her child at the time, told CBS affiliate WKMG, “It was a nice size gator, just chilling.” She said it was “neat” to see the alligator but was relieved when Walmart employees moved to lock some of the doors.
The store, however, remained open during the alligator drama.
The Apopka Police Department was called to the scene and blocked the area for about an hour, reported WFTV.
The police called a trapper to handle the alligator, but it retreated to a wooded area behind the store before the trapper got there.
ABC News called the Apopka Police Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission seeking comment, but the calls were not immediately returned.
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