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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297806/Mom-wrestles-7-foot-alligator-away-school-yard-just-students-dismissed-day.html
Fearless mom wrestles 7-foot alligator away from school yard just as students are dismissed for the day
Lifelong Floridian Jessica McGregor just 'didn't feel the need to waste anyone's time' by calling for help
Fellow cop who has 'no idea how to handle alligators' watches in awe as the brave lady saves the day
Sheriff's deputy, mother, and gator wrestler: meet the woman who saved the day by wrangling a 7-foot alligator from a schoolyard just as students prepared to leave for the day.
Jessica McGregor didn't feel the need to call animal control when the giant reptile crawled out of a waterway, through a fence, and onto the grounds of a middle school.
Instead, she took control of the situation herself.
No sweat: Jessica McGregor didn't bother calling for help when a 7-foot alligator threatened a Florida Middle School
Students were just about done for the day as the final bell rang at Clermont Middle School Thursday.
The Lake County, Florida school stands beside a retention pond and in that part of Florida, where there's water there are often gators.
As the thrashing beast made its way toward an area that would soon be filled with kids, McGregor grabbed some rope and got to work.
`I've lived in Lake County my whole life,' the 29-year-old told the Orlando Sentinel. `Back in the day, you had these things come up on your land, and you just caught 'em up and threw 'em back in the nearest watering hole.'
Old hat: Footage from the scene shows McGregor deftly tie a noose around the gator's snout and wrestle it into submission like a pro
To do so, McGregor first tied a noose and managed to get it around the gator's snout.
She then dragged it out of some bushes and let it thrash around until it became fatigued.
`Once he got tired,' McGregor said, `he just laid there and wiggled his tail. I threw the rope over him and dropped down with my knees behind his front legs. He * around a little bit and just gave up.'
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A county police officer herself, McGregor was aided by a city cop who happened on the scene.
He stuck to directing traffic, though.
`He told me straight up "I have no idea how to handle alligators." I said, "That's OK. You wait till I get him ready."'
Awed: A sheriff's deputy herself, lifelong Floridian and mom of two McGregor wowed a passing city cop who confessed he had 'no idea how to handle' the beast
McGregor said she spent her childhood catching the scaly creatures and recounts wrestling the powerful animal as if it was just a typical day on the job.
Since the closest trapper was two hours away, the mother of two young daughters did the obvious thing and just decided to do what she'd been doing her whole life and didn't bother to 'waste anyone's time' by radioing for help.
`Kids walk right down that sidewalk by the fence and it was slashed open in some places,' she said, `I didn't want to risk the gator getting scared and breaking through.'
Fearless mom wrestles 7-foot alligator away from school yard just as students are dismissed for the day
Lifelong Floridian Jessica McGregor just 'didn't feel the need to waste anyone's time' by calling for help
Fellow cop who has 'no idea how to handle alligators' watches in awe as the brave lady saves the day
Sheriff's deputy, mother, and gator wrestler: meet the woman who saved the day by wrangling a 7-foot alligator from a schoolyard just as students prepared to leave for the day.
Jessica McGregor didn't feel the need to call animal control when the giant reptile crawled out of a waterway, through a fence, and onto the grounds of a middle school.
Instead, she took control of the situation herself.
No sweat: Jessica McGregor didn't bother calling for help when a 7-foot alligator threatened a Florida Middle School
Students were just about done for the day as the final bell rang at Clermont Middle School Thursday.
The Lake County, Florida school stands beside a retention pond and in that part of Florida, where there's water there are often gators.
As the thrashing beast made its way toward an area that would soon be filled with kids, McGregor grabbed some rope and got to work.
`I've lived in Lake County my whole life,' the 29-year-old told the Orlando Sentinel. `Back in the day, you had these things come up on your land, and you just caught 'em up and threw 'em back in the nearest watering hole.'
Old hat: Footage from the scene shows McGregor deftly tie a noose around the gator's snout and wrestle it into submission like a pro
To do so, McGregor first tied a noose and managed to get it around the gator's snout.
She then dragged it out of some bushes and let it thrash around until it became fatigued.
`Once he got tired,' McGregor said, `he just laid there and wiggled his tail. I threw the rope over him and dropped down with my knees behind his front legs. He * around a little bit and just gave up.'
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A county police officer herself, McGregor was aided by a city cop who happened on the scene.
He stuck to directing traffic, though.
`He told me straight up "I have no idea how to handle alligators." I said, "That's OK. You wait till I get him ready."'
Awed: A sheriff's deputy herself, lifelong Floridian and mom of two McGregor wowed a passing city cop who confessed he had 'no idea how to handle' the beast
McGregor said she spent her childhood catching the scaly creatures and recounts wrestling the powerful animal as if it was just a typical day on the job.
Since the closest trapper was two hours away, the mother of two young daughters did the obvious thing and just decided to do what she'd been doing her whole life and didn't bother to 'waste anyone's time' by radioing for help.
`Kids walk right down that sidewalk by the fence and it was slashed open in some places,' she said, `I didn't want to risk the gator getting scared and breaking through.'
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