POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — When a deputy in central Florida responded to a report of an alligator in a shed, he found something a little less harmful.
The Polk County Sheriff’s said Deputy Trexler responded to the call about an alligator in a storage shed.
Deputy Trexler went to a call about an alligator in a storage shed. He came…he saw…he conquered the beast. He even knocked the wind out of it. Literally. The gator turned out to be a pool floatie. #PCSO#Crikey#TheGatorHunter#TuneInNextTimeWhenHeWrestlesAPoolNoodle pic.twitter.com/5ZXRnG3tBW
— Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd (@PolkCoSheriff) September 9, 2020
However, Trexler discovered the creature was actually a harmless, but realistic pool float.
“He came…he saw…he conquered the beast. He even knocked the wind out of it. Literally. The gator turned out to be a pool floatie,” the sheriff’s office wrote.
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