Five-foot alligator is spotted wandering Florida’s sewers
Bad navigator! Moment 5ft alligator is seen lost in Florida’s underground sewage system by stormwater crews investigating potholes
- The beast was filmed by a robot as it wandered through Oviedo’s sewer system
- It comes after a four-foot-tall alligator was discovered in a lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in February
- The stunned workers initially thought the glowing eyes in the dark to be a toad
This is when a five-foot-long alligator roamed Florida’s sewer system last week.
The shocking images were created via a robot by the rainwater crew of the city of Oviedo, which was investigating a series of potholes on May 5.
The four-wheeled robotic camera is usually used to identify underground road defects such as leaky pipes.
But this underground expedition yielded an unexpected discovery when the machine moved towards a pair of glowing eyes in the dark.
βAt first they thought it was a trail,β the workers wrote in the caption of the video uploaded to Facebook.
The terrifying creature was spotted in the sewage system of Oviedo, Florida
The four-wheeled robotic camera is usually used to identify underground road defects such as leaky pipes
But it soon became clear ‘when he turned around, they saw the gator’s long tail and followed it through the pipes!’ they added.
The beast lies half-submerged in the sewage before backing off as the robot approaches.
When it gets to the distance, it turns and marches down the pipe.
The camera can track the reptile for a few feet before it gets stuck in a notch and the gator waddles out of sight.
It soon became clear that it was an alligator ‘when he turned around they saw the alligator’s long tail and followed it through the pipes!’
The beast lies half-submerged in the sewage before backing off as the robot approaches
It comes after a four-foot-tall alligator was discovered in a lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in February.
The creature was found in an emaciated state and was rushed to the Bronx Zoo.
Unfortunately, it did not survive after a chronic ulcer developed from the animal eating a bath stopper.
It comes after a four-foot-tall alligator was discovered in a lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in February
Zoo officials said the animal had died as a result of a “tragic case of animal abuse” after its previous owners dumped it in public waters.
“This gator suffered and died because its owner decided to dump her in an icy lake, in an extremely weakened state, rather than give her the veterinary care that could have saved her,” officials said.
They added, “Wild animals are not pets.” The autopsy revealed she had chronic weight loss, extreme anemia, and skin and intestinal infections.