You never know what's swimming in the waters around North Texas. At Eagle Mountain Lake in Tarrant County, it was an alligator!

A 10'1 alligator was safely removed from the lake Thursday morning.

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Commissioner Manny Ramirez posted a video of the gator on social media, expressing gratitude to Texas Parks and Wildlife and Fort Worth Nature Center personnel who helped capture the alligator and will relocate it to the nature preserve

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