Posted on 06/23/2025 6:08:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – According to data, Florida is home to the second-largest number of alligators in the United States, falling about 700,000 gators behind Louisiana.
But that still doesn’t make it any less shocking when one of the large reptiles shows up on your property and appears to be using your backyard pool to cool off from the intense summer heat.
Well, according to a Ponte Vedra Beach resident, that’s exactly what happened when he woke up on Sunday morning.
Edward McClamma sent pictures and video to News4JAX on Sunday of an alligator in his pool, showing the gator swimming around before eventually resting on the pool’s entry steps.
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Gator ping!
Come on in! The water’s fine!
That’s a baby.
No different than me having a snapping turtle in my pool in NH
Gators migrate between ponds looking for a mate. We have gators crossing streets into ponds all the time.
Little young gator, let him has his fun, keep the yappy dogs and housecats away else it will be gator snack time.
30 years ago I went to an Open House in Ponte Vedra and there was a baby gator in the dining room.
This is what happens when you don’t check your pool’s chlorine level regularly…
It's freaking Florida... You can't swing a dead cat without hitting an Alligator in Florida!
Via a tail-swinging low crawl.
A few years ago I heard banging noises in my garage. I searched for what was causing it and it was a snapping turtle.
In FL, if there’s water, there can be gators.
Did he throw in some chickens?
Or finding a slug in the garden in Oregon. Florida gonna Florida.
They aren’t an endangered species anymore, folks!
Here in Tennessee we don’t need to worry about Gators taking over our swimming pools; all we need to worry about is bears doing the same thing. Oh, and there are some snakes who’ve done it in my pool.
The only thing better than having a pool is having a brother in law who has a pool.
Mmm, once I was swimming 'cross turtle creek
Man, them snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimming 'cross that thing
With both hands holing my ding-a-ling-a-ling!
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