- Massive alligator blocked a family’s path as they were hiking in Floriday Sunday
- Video shows large reptile casually walking out of the brush before flopping down
- Family said the alligator blocked their path for a ‘few minutes before moving on’
A Florida family recorded the shocking moment a massive alligator blocked their path as they were hiking.
‘I was enjoying a nice Sunday hike with the family when a large alligator crossed a walking path right in front of us and laid down for a few minutes before moving on,’ the man wrote online.
The video shows the reptile casually walking out of the brush and onto their path on Sunday in Lakeland, Florida.
A Florida family recorded the shocking moment a massive alligator (pictured) blocked their path as they were hiking
The video shows the reptile casually walking out of the brush and onto their path on Sunday in Lakeland, Florida. Within seconds, the gator flops down on the walking path right in front of the couple and their baby
The family appeared excited about the encounter as they smiled for the camera while waiting for the alligator to move
Within seconds, the gator flops down on the walking path right in front of the couple and their baby.
The family appeared excited about the encounter as they smiled for the camera while waiting for the alligator to move.
Several minutes later the gator decided it had enough of lounging about along the path. It rose to its feet and slowly walked onto the other side and into the brush.
The man, who recorded the video, is heard saying in the background: ‘Alright he’s moving. Don’t go towards him.’
Lakeland came in at number seven on Florida’s list of cities with the highest nuisance alligator removals in the state for 2016.
Last year, 123 alligators were removed from the area, so a casual spotting of one is not that unusual.
Several minutes later the gator decided it had enough of lounging about along the path
It rose to its feet and slowly walked onto the other side and into the brush