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6-foot gator caught at Louisiana motel

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PORT ALLEN, La., April 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Louisiana said a 6-foot alligator was found at a Super 8 motel and bit a guest before it was captured.

The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said the gator was spotted at the North Lobdell Highway motel in Port Allen around 4 p.m. Wednesday and the animal bit a hotel guest who attempted to catch it before authorities arrived, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, reported Thursday.

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Matt Marszal, the motel's front desk clerk, said animal control officers were able to capture the alligator in about 5 minutes.

Marszal said the man who was bitten by the alligator was taken to a local hospital.

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