Huge alligator swimming in Alabama ocean shocks beach-goers: 'Never charged or hissed'
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A Mobile, Alabama, man captures the moment a massive alligator is seen swimming inches from the shoreline along Dauphin Island Beach — check out the video.
The two had been warned about the alligator's presence, but wanted to take a closer look for themselves (See the video at the top of this article). A massive alligator was spotted along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. (Matt Harvill) Matt Harvill captured some footage of the large reptile and shared it to Facebook. (Matt Harvill) Alligators are not commonly seen in the ocean because they do not have salt water glands. (Matt Harvill) "It just seemed like he was scoping [things out] and enjoying the different scenery from what he or she is used to," Harvill said. (Matt Harvill) Alligators can be found along the east coast of North America from North Carolina to the Rio Grande in Texas. (Matt Harvill) Sydney Borchers is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
"Went up, I think, 200 yards from where we originally were and sure enough, you just see a glob every now and then poke its head out," Harvill, a 27-year-old Mobile, Alabama, resident told Fox News Digital. "And then, he got washed up on shore."
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