As Hurricane Irma swept through Florida Sunday, a fire department employee caught sight of a large alligator scurrying along a downtown street in Melbourne.
Melbourne is on Florida’s eastern coast, southeast of Orlando.
The gator eventually pulled himself up to the sidewalk and took off running away, over a grassy area.
Here is a gator on a stroll down US -192 (New Haven Ave) in Melbourne Florida during the hurricane #IRMA Credit: G Costello pic.twitter.com/Qg1NBOUgcz
— Cathy Koos (@ckoos1) September 10, 2017
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