PLEASANTS COUNTY, W.Va (WTRF) – Deputies with the Pleasants County Sheriff’s Department, in St. Marys, West Virginia, received calls last night of an alligator on a roadway along Middle Island Creek Road.

According to deputies, the alligator was approximately 3-feet-6-inches long.

Deputy Lauer and Sgt Reed, who is with the St. Marys Police Department, arrived on scene and secured the rouge alligator.

In a Facebook post, deputies said, “Just goes to show, you never know what each day will bring in a career in law enforcement.”

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