Florida Cyclist Calmly Watches as Gator Crosses Road Feet Away

A Florida cyclist was spotted biking dangerously close to an alligator walking across a street, as two of the huge reptiles roamed around a neighborhood in the southwest of the state.

Brandy Dentzau said she was working in the Bonita National Golf & Country Club neighborhood on April 12 when she heard a woman screaming that a gator was at the side of the house.

Dentzau filmed a person on a bike as the gator crossed the street right in front of them. She told news outlet WANE 15 that the cyclist was taking photos of the gator.

Dentzau added that she didn’t want to call anyone about the gators because the reptiles were “there first.”

In the video, Dentzau can be heard trying to coax the second gator away from the houses. “Come on, buddy, you gotta go back home. You’re scaring everybody,” she says. Credit: Brandy Dentzau via Storyful

Video transcript

- So is the lakes just behind you, or are they over there? Oh, they're in the wrong-- he in the wrong home then. Oh, there's one right behind there, too.

Listen, I know it's scary, but it's so cool at the same time.

- I am taking a break today.

- Come on, buddy. You got to go back home. You're scaring everybody. They can't let their dogs out.

Go ahead. Keep going to the lake.

To work.

Oh, he's going to hide. Don't go in there, buddy. You can't be scaring people. Where's your-- where's your home. Let's go back to the lake. How about that?

Come on. Keep going. Where's the lake at? Keep it going. Nope, nope, that's not the lake. That's a pool.