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Florida man finds alligator watching him from storm drain

By Ben Hooper
An alligator hisses at a man from a storm drain in Apopka, Fla. Screenshot: WFTV
An alligator hisses at a man from a storm drain in Apopka, Fla. Screenshot: WFTV

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APOPKA, Fla., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A Florida man investigating vibrations he felt while getting his mail discovered an 8-foot alligator hiding in a storm drain.

Louis Camacho captured video of the alligator hissing at him from the storm train outside his Apopka home.

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"I went out to retrieve my mail and felt some vibrations on my feet -- me thinking it was an earthquake," Camacho told WOFL-TV. "But I'm like, in Florida? No. I felt it again and heard some sounds, so I went ahead and looked into the sewer, and low-and-behold, I see an alligator! It was just hanging there and hissing at me sort of like a growl. It was warning me! I was shocked! I couldn't believe it! I said it to myself, now I've seen everything."

Camacho said he believed the gator is the same one he previously spotted in a retention pond behind his house -- the same spot where he recently captured video of his encounter with a bear.

"I respect nature, you know, and I give it its space and they've given me my space," Camacho told WFTV.

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