DONNA – You can now addalligators to the list of dangers Border Patrol Agents face everyday. A couple of agents spotted an eight foot gator south of Donna on Thursday.
Alligator’s like deep water and the summer flood offered plenty of that.
Some workers were shocked by the dark eyes they saw watching them.
The agents snapped pictures of the gator, it’s not their usual mug shot.
A narrow trail leads to Alligator Lake at the Estero Llano Grande State Park in Weslaco. Park Ranger John Yochum says since the flood several alligators have left the park and have not returned.
“Waterof course rises and that’s a good time for alligators to move anywhere becausethere’s you know they don’t want to go some place that’s dry and hot and theylike deep water. So it’s a good time to disperse,” he said.
Rising water may have forced an alligator to the nearby Llano Grande Resort outside of Mercedes. Game wardens were called in to find the animal. A retiree in the area says he didn’t see the gator and he wasn’t going to try and look for it, either.Ranger Yochum says that’s good advice. He says they’ve never had a report ofan alligator attack, but he warns residents against feeding or trying to get to close to the wild animals.