There's nothing in the police academy handbook that prepares officers for this, but one cop sprung into action and played the role of pizza delivery man thanks to an 8-foot alligator.
The scene unfolded Sunday in the River Isles neighborhood in Bradenton, FL. An officer from the Bradenton Police Department responded to a report of an 8-foot alligator roaming the area.
Upon arrival, the officer encountered the alligator chilling under an SUV parked in the driveway of a home. The officer also encountered a pizza delivery woman who wouldn't dare deliver the pizza to the home where the alligator parked.
"Do you want to do it, officer?" the delivery woman sheepishly asked the cop.
The officer obliged. A neighbor had also reportedly called the homeowner to warn her about the alligator chilling in her driveway, but she never got the message, as she walked out the front door looking for her pizza.
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"Ma'am, get back over there!" the officer yelled, with bodycam footage showing him holding the pizza. "There's an alligator under your car!"
The woman was shocked at what she had just seen, but she failed to go back inside the house.
"Go in the house!" the officer barked.
The homeowner, an elderly woman, seemingly ignored the message.
"Oh, my heaven, there's a big alligator under my car! Oh, my Lordy!" the woman exclaimed, prompting the officer to shout, "Get in the house!"
An eight foot alligator spotting caused a stir in a Florida neighborhood and prompted a police officer to become a pizza delivery man for the night. pic.twitter.com/S9W9fiAKNv
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The homeowner eventually met the officer in the back of the house. After he handed her the food she tried to pay him, but had no idea he was a police officer.
"How much was it?" she asked the officer
"I have no idea. I'm not the pizza man," the officer responded.
But all's well that ends well: the homeowner got her food and the alligator was eventually captured and relocated.
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