Jessica McGregor and the alligator has caught (Sheriff's Office Lake County)Florida Sheriff's Deputy took matters into their own hands last week when was spotted a seven-foot alligator trying to break through the fence of a local middle school.
Jessica McGregor, Deputy Sheriff of Lake County, a 29-year-old mother of two, has answered the call, fashioned a noose from a 30 foot rope and "saw the would-be attacker," the Orlando Sentinel reports.
"I got it turned around, and began to spin and jump and flop," McGregor told the newspaper. "Once he got tired, he just laid there and wiggled his tail. I threw the rope above him and fall down with your knees behind the front legs. He jerked around a bit and just gave up.
The Congressman, who said she and her brother used to catch alligators for fun, explained that she didn't want to wait the two hours estimated for the professional trapper arrive.
"I lived in Lake County my entire life," McGregor told the newspaper. "Back in the day, you've got these things come on your land, and just took 'em and 'em threw back into the nearest drinker."
Not a big deal.
While alligator encounters are common in the State, attacks are less and even then are rarely fatal. Still, it can be frightening. Last summer, two teenagers in Florida were attacked by alligators in a span of five days. One of them lost the bottom half of his right arm in the near-fatal encounter.
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