Tuesday 9 September 2008

Cape Coral police officers, school principal encounter alligator - news-press.com

Cape Coral police officers took on the role of alligator herders this morning.

Lee Bush, principal of Christa McAuliffe Charter Elementary School, said he was driving on Nicholas Parkway just south of Pine Island Road at 9:45 a.m. this morning when he saw a 10-foot alligator in the road.

“I saw two Cape Coral police officers herding the alligator with their patrol cars to the east side of the road,” Bush said.Evidently, the officers were trying to direct the alligator toward nearby canals off Nicholas Parkway, Bush said.

As he drove by, Bush said he joked and asked one of the officers, “why aren’t you wrestling it.”To which the officer replied,

“I don’t have my gloves on,” Bush said.

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