Squirrel, Alligator and Raccoon Cross Paths on a Trail in Florida

A squirrel sped by an alligator while a raccoon took a more cautious approach to passing on a trail in Florida, footage from March shows.

Footage filmed by Leti Trejo shows a raccoon giving an alligator a wide berth on a hiking trail in Lakeland while a squirrel zooms past, jumping over the alligator.

“That raccoon is me when I see alligators on the trail. The squirrel is… my husband,” Trejo wrote on TikTok.

Trejo and her husband recently encountered a hissing alligator on a hiking trail in Naples, Florida. Credit: Leti Trejo via Storyful

Video transcript

- It's so cute. The racoon is always was trying to get close to that one, and he won't let him. Oh, jeez. Boy, that was a little dangerous, Mr. Squirrel. We tell people not to jump over gators. What were you thinking?

[LAUGHS]

There's a video--

- That was pretty good.

- [INAUDIBLE] and it wasn't this gator [INAUDIBLE].

- [INAUDIBLE]

- [INAUDIBLE]

Oh, my god.

- Give the gator--

Gives the gators a bad rap.

- Yeah. [INAUDIBLE] you know what it was [INAUDIBLE].

- It's so cute. The racoon is always was trying to get close to that one, and he won't let him. Oh, jeez. Boy, that was a little dangerous, Mr. Squirrel. We tell people not to jump over gators. What were you thinking?

[LAUGHS]

There's a video--

- That was pretty good.

- [INAUDIBLE] and it wasn't this gator [INAUDIBLE]

- [INAUDIBLE]

- [INAUDIBLE]

Oh, my god.

- Gives the gator--

Gives the gator a bad rap.

- Yeah. [INAUDIBLE] you know what it was [INAUDIBLE]