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Watch as trapper has close call while wrestling large alligator near Wesley Chapel Elementary School

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  • A large alligator was found near an elementary school in Wesley Chapel.
  • Video sent to us by a mother whose son attends the school.
  • Happened at about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday (April 30)
  • Trapper attempts to wrangle the gator and narrowly misses gator biting him.

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