Published May 11, 2023
“You ever see something like that,” wondered one aghast viewer, while another wrote, “Oh wow scary.”
Others wondered how the gator managed to infiltrate the labyrinthine drainage system, which comprises 75 miles of underground pipes beneath the city.
The Oviedo City Admin to speculate that it entered through “one of the storm water ponds” used to prevent flooding during storms.
The maintenance boss said they were just glad that it wasn’t a human that encountered the beast.
“Thank goodness our crews have a robot,” wrote officials, who didn’t specify if this particular specimen was under the influence of meth.
Interestingly, alligators — which are the US’ largest reptile, regularly growing up to 15 feet long and weighing over 1,000 pounds — are not an uncommon sight in the Florida storm runoff network, residents claimed in the comments.
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