Villager Frank Cooke snapped a photo of a popular alligator at Lake Sumter Landing.
Cook was walking on the boardwalk on April 7 and spotted the 8-foot alligator.
“It swam by with its nose only about 3 feet below the feet of curious Villagers and their leashed pets,” Cooke said.
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