Video camera caught a terrifying moment this week when a huge alligator simply burst through a newly installed metal fence at a Florida golf club.
It comes just weeks after an 85-year-old woman was killed by a massive alligator in the Sunshine State, where the reptiles have killed three people in the past eight months.
A local meteorologist shared the video from the Gulf Coast town of Placida, which has more than a million views on Facebook and 50,000 likes on Instagram.
“Check out this big guy bending aluminum bars and through them this week in Placida,” Matt Devitt wrote.
Devitt noted that the person who originally took the video said the alligator eventually made its way to the other side.
A video camera captured a terrifying moment this week when a huge alligator simply burst through a newly installed metal fence at a Florida golf club.
Aluminum is considered a lightweight metal, which explains how the huge alligator was able to get through the fence so easily, Devitt explained to fox 35.
“He knows what he’s doing…he’s done it before,” one Facebook commenter ominously quipped.
‘That’s why in Florida, if there’s a body of water, there’s an alligator in it! Stay safe people!’ chimed in another on Instagram.
The state is home to about 1.3 million alligators, and when they are larger than four feet, they are considered a threat to humans.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission removed four of the reptiles from lakes in the private communities of Spanish Lakes Fairways after 85-year-old Gloria Serge was killed in a brutal attack.
She was mauled to death by the 10-foot alligator named Henry when she tried to rescue her beloved dog Trooper from the beast.
Henry was later captured and euthanized, with three other reptiles subsequently seized by wildlife officials from the series of interconnected lakes and disposed of.
A terrified neighbor struggled to try to save Gloria, calling 911 after witnessing the alligator eating her lunch after stalking her for 100 feet.
His dog, Trooper, survived the attack, and the reptile was captured and euthanized after his death.
A local meteorologist shared the video from the Gulf Coast town of Placida, which has more than a million views on Facebook and 50,000 likes on Instagram.
“Check out this big guy bending aluminum bars and through them this week in Placida,” Matt Devitt wrote.
Devitt noted that the person who originally took the video said the alligator eventually made its way to the other side.
Judy Murray, a neighbor of Gloria’s, said TMZ who saw the authorities remove all the alligators from the community lakes.
But it’s unclear where the alligators were taken after their removal, with some footage of the beasts being videotaped and tied up before officials removed them.
There are five to six lakes in the community, and Judy says they aren’t usually afraid of alligators.
He added that Gloria could have had a “greater moment” when she chose to walk Trooper through the water, with the pup returning to live with her family.
Spanish Lakes Fairways HOA President Jay Mandelker said the alligators had been removed to try to calm the fears of nervous residents.
He said TCPalm: ‘They did this to allay any concerns and to make us aware of the precautions we need to take towards wildlife, alligators in particular.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission removed all reptiles from lakes in private Spanish Lakes Fairways communities after 85-year-old Gloria Serge was killed in a brutal attack.
Gloria Serge (pictured) was a grandmother living in the Spanish Lakes Fairways retirement community in Fort Pierce, Florida, when she was killed by an alligator Monday.
“If you’re walking by a lake, a pond, anywhere in Florida, understand, this is Florida, there could be alligators, so don’t walk against the edges of any ponds or lakes, keep a safe distance.”
Gloria’s last moments were captured on a wildlife camera at the Spanish Lakes Fairways retirement community in Fort Pierce, Florida.
She can be seen walking across the lake with her dog as the alligator surfaces, then lunges at the couple.
The 85-year-old tried to pull the dog away from the alligator’s jaws, but the alligator grabbed her and she could be seen dragging her into the lake.
Her frightened neighbor Carole Thomas, 76, told Inside Edition that she tried to help the woman while on the phone with 911.
It is unclear where the alligators were taken after their removal, with some images of the beasts being recorded and tied up before officials removed them.
Gloria Serge, 85, was walking her dog by the lake in the Spanish Lakes Fairways community in Fort Pierce, Florida on Monday when an alligator attacked her and dragged her into the water.
Video released later shows Serge trying to pull her dog away from the alligator’s jaws, but the alligator grabbed her and could be seen dragging her into the lake.
Trooper, the trooper: Pictured is Grandma’s dog, who was being walked when the alligator attacked. survived
She said: ‘There is a woman in the lake. The alligator has it! I think she’s gone, oh my god.
Thomas said he reached for a pole to try to get the woman ashore, but said: “There’s no way I could have reached her sooner.”
She added: ‘It’s horrible for his family. It’s horrible, horrible. And her friends, yesterday I spoke to a couple of her friends who are devastated.
His body was later recovered from the lake.
Local residents told Inside Edition that the alligator was a neighborhood fixture they called Henry.
Florida authorities are warning residents not to walk their pets near the ponds of the area’s lakes.
Gloria is the third victim to be killed by an alligator in Florida since last July.