TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A 10-foot-7-inch alligator was found and removed from a North Texas lake Thursday.

The adult male gator weighed in at nearly 300 pounds, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).

Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez said in a social media post that the reptile was removed from Eagle Mountain Lake in northwestern Tarrant County Thursday morning.

"This morning a 10 foot 1 inch alligator was captured and removed from Eagle Mountain Lake!" Ramirez wrote in a post on Facebook. "Thank you to our Eagle Mountain Lake neighbors and the Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel for safely relocating this alligator to the nature preserve!"

This morning a 10 foot 1 inch alligator was captured and removed from Eagle Mountain Lake! Thank you to our Eagle Moun

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