‘Chills running up my spine’: Florida family finds 6-foot alligator swimming in their pool

PONTE VEDRA BEACH Fla WSVN A Florida homeowner says he felt chills up his spine when a gator took a surprise swim in his pool Edward McClamma reported he woke up at his home just outside of Jacksonville and saw the predator in the water so he called for help to get it out And I look out the window and I see this shadow in the pool and I declared Well is that from a palm tree shadow and I saw it move I revealed That s not a palm tree shadow mentioned Edward It definitely wasn t a shadow It was a -foot male alligator swimming in their pool floating twisting and turning Video taken by Edward and his family shows the gator having a Sunday fun-day I had chills running up my spine mentioned Edward His daughter Molly shared how she first heard of the gator swimming in her pool He explained You re not going to believe this come check out what s in the pool reported Molly And I look in my pool and I m like Oh what in the world ' After the shock of the visiting alligator Edward called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to help with this scaly intruder Within minutes FWC s gator trapper arrived and took the alligator out of the pool Once they got the gator under control the trapper gave the McClammas a quick lesson about the gator These are musk glands Males and females have musk glands stated the FWC trapper The family also was able to hold the gator for specific selfies Out of nowhere he was like Hey you want to hold gator I was like You know what Sure So I picked it up It was really heavy commented Molly The gator trapper reported the family the gator apparently didn t have to trip far because it likely came from a lagoon across the street and walked onto his property I ve been here years and that s the first time I ve seen a gator in my pool mentioned Edward The gator was safely relocated to a refuge The family hopes they won t get another unexpected visitor anytime soon