Dallas Middle School Gets Exchange Student: An Alligator!

By THC Staff | May 28, 2016

 

In a field next to D. A. Hulcy Steam Middle School near Dallas, an alligator was trying to nap before classes began, but it was captured instead.

Around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, a sheriff’s deputy spotted the 7-foot long alligator hanging out in a field near the school while on a routine patrol. As WFAA reported, the deputy checked out the scene and decided to call for backup.

Before 5 a.m., the alligator was captured before it had a chance to make it to first period with the help of Dallas police and the Texas Game Warden. The alligator began snapping and rolling around, trying to keep out of the trap’s grasp, but it finally tired.

There is a small pond and creek near the school, but no one had ever reported an alligator in the area before so investigators are trying to find the source of the incident, should it be a pet that escaped. The alligator will live out its life peacefully, without textbooks, at a preserve in Dallas County.