Just chilling

It's a good thing I was driving slow as it took a minute to realize this was an alligator in the road!

[Diana]

Omw, at least you kept your cool and got a fabulous shot with wonderful details.

[Anne]

EEEEK!!

[GaryW]

Yikes! How long was it? Is this a common occurrence in your area?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow that's a long tail! It would be awful to hit one

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Elizabeth]

Wow! It seems these guys are everywhere in Florida.

[Joan Robillard]

Yikes

[Shepherdman]

Blimey! (As we say over here..). Beats our hedgehogs crossing the road.

[Mags]

Amazing! Did it move when you approached?

[gloria jones]

Neat capture :)

[Babs]

Good heavens, what a shock it must have been.

[Jennie B.]

Yipes!!!!😱

[Danette Thompson]

@ludwigsdiana I stepped out of my car, but was a safe distance.

[Danette Thompson]

@thewatersphotos looked like a young gator...maybe 5’ or so. We were deep in the Everglades. I don’t ever see them in my area.

[Rick]

Wow, it looks like a big one, for sure. Great capture.

[Danette Thompson]

@koalagardens he would not have been pleased!

[Danette Thompson]

@redy4et the ones in the wild are actually afraid of humans. They are in or near water. If we give them space and treat them as wild animals, we will be okay.

[Danette Thompson]

@marlboromaam yes. They don’t like people. This one won’t see many people in his location.

[Danette Thompson]

@onewing it was a surprise that he was just in the road, but they like to soak up the sun. They are cold blooded creatures.

[Wylie]

A bit too long to go between the wheels! Glad you missed it.

[Peter Dulis]

Must have been cold :)

[Thom Mitchell]

Wow! Just chillin' or sloowwly making its way across?

[Danette Thompson]

@rhoing Soaking up the sun. It's a very remote location. I think we were 5 miles off the paved road at this point.