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8-foot alligator removed from Tallahassee backyard

8-foot alligator removed from backyard
8-foot alligator removed from backyard
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The Leon County Sheriff's Office got a unique call about an 8-foot alligator just roaming someone's backyard on Bobbin Brook Circle off of MaClay Road.

Officials from LCSO and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured the alligator Saturday evening, and they say no one was hurt.

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