Florida man traps alligator in a trash can

Gators are on the move in the Golden Isles

Encountering an alligator in an unexpected place requires a little bit of common sense.

Jacksonville man captures alligator from patio using trash can - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — An alligator paying a woman a visit on her patio Easter weekend met its match when the local animal trapper captured it in a trash can. The woman was letting her dog outside her Jacksonville home when she noticed a seven- to eight-foot-long alligator hiding behind a garbage bin. Local animal trapper Mike Dragich came to the rescue, cancelling his Easter dinner plans and improvising by using a trash can to catch the re…

Florida MMA Fighter Catches 6-Foot Alligator Using Nothing But A Plastic Trash Can

bellowing alligator looking directly at the camera Floridian Mike Dragich is a veteran, MMA fighter, and a licensed alligator trapper who recently captured a 6-foot gator using some ingenuity. The MMA fighter caught the decent-sized alligator using nothing but his bare hands and a plastic garbage can. The garbage can appears to be the same (if not similar) as the one issued to me by my county here in Florida and while they are made of sturdy pla…

Florida man traps alligator in a trash can

A Florida man had to leave his Easter dinner in a hurry so he could wrangle a large alligator into a trash can.

Garbage Cans. They’re Not Just For Garbage! – 850 WFTL

A Florida man had to leave his Easter dinner so he could wrangle a large alligator.  Animal trapper Mike Dragic, aka “The Blue Collar Brawler” on social media, said he was at Easter dinner with his family on Sunday night when he got a call from a Jacksonville woman who had spotted an alligator in her yard.   Dragic, who was wearing a shorts, a tank top and no shoes, using a trash can to contain the alligator, which was estimated to be 7 or 8 fee…

Barefoot Florida Man Ditches Easter Dinner To Wrangle Alligator Into Trash Can For His Neighbor

Florida people are going to do what Florida people are going to do. I don’t know what the “F” in Florida stands for, but it certainly doesn’t stand for “fear.” Any video I’ve seen out of the Sunshine State usually includes a Florida man or Florida woman risking their life to do something that, if we’re being honest, doesn’t actually have to be done. What do I mean by that? Well, just to rattle a couple off for reference, we’ve seen a Florida man…