KHOU11 reported the moment a Texas police officer was caught on camera Friday grabbing an alligator with his bare hands in front of a local resident's home.
The alligator captured by Lt. Bill Henry of the Fulshear Police Department was relatively small, KHOU11 The animal is shown baring its teeth, hissing and clacking its jaws as officers approach.
The video shows Henry cautiously approaching the alligator with his arms outstretched as it retreats to a corner of the home's front porch, before the animal attempts to bite the officer, clicking its jaws and narrowly escaping the officer's left arm. (RELATED: Wild video of MMA fighter taking down alligator on crowded street)
Check it out! Officer Fulshear's body camera shows him apprehending the alligator with his bare hands! The alligator was then safely removed.
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Henry quickly grabbed the crocodile by the throat with his left hand and restrained the crocodile's violently writhing body with his right hand. In the next moment, he is seen grabbing the crocodile by the neck with both hands and dragging it away from the premises.
Henry told KHOU 11 it was the second time he'd heard the alligator that day.
“So at 7am this morning we went to the house in the backyard next to the wooden fence and the crocodile was lying there. It was hiding in the vegetation so we used a stick to grab it,” he said. “Three hours later we got another call, this one right out front… right by the front door. This crocodile was relatively small. I felt safe so I walked over there and grabbed the crocodile.”
Henry told KHOU 11 that there were so many alligators in Fulshear that police rookies were trained to capture them.
The media outlet said the two crocodiles, which were captured in Fulshear on Friday, were safely released back into the open waters.
