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Old 04-10-2023, 09:08 AM
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At our other homes we were very close to ponds, had bobcats, bear, coyotes. Never a gator walk past our house. Our cameras always picked up the activity.

We are not close to any water, yet 1am a gator was butting his snout on neighbors door. Cameras alerted, banging was loud enough to wake them. Yes animal control will come out at 1am, or you can just wait for gator to find another door to knock on.

I know there was a small gator in Brownwood at the back of stores hiding in the bushes, guessing it traveled from the pond, near the bridge, or pond near the apartments.

I just don’t get the butting on the door. In the past there have been a couple of times in TV that a gator came knocking. (search engine doesn’t bring posts up). Just wondering if they had a pet, or gator just was randomly wandering.
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