TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- An uninvited guest checked in Wednesday at a Titusville hotel. A 9-foot alligator parked himself underneath a parked car at the Hampton Inn and it was a fight to get him to check out.

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SLIDESHOW: 9-Foot Gator Puts Up A Fight

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A parking lot in Titusville became the scene of a tug-of-war between a monster gator and three trappers, and both sides were determined to win.

Trapper Bill Robb and his team were called after the gator crawled into the parking lot from some nearby woods. Robb said he did not want to use a bang stick, because the urban gator hunt was drawing quite a crowd. He said the gator was dangerous and fearless.

"The way he acts, he's your a typical nuisance alligator, he did not run from people," Robb said.

Once the gator was roped, a trapper moved in close to tape its mouth. But even after that, he still was not ready to go quietly, hissing as he was moved.

But in the end, the gator was no match for the team of trappers, who literally had to straddle the animal to get the upper hand. He was dragged across the parking lot and loaded into a truck, all in a day's work for a team of gator hunters with over 35 years of experience.

Robb and his team said they trapped 400 gators last month alone.