Last week, one of our neighbors was fishing at our pond in Hudson , Texas. He thought he had latched on to a big bass, but instead of a flapping fish, he said an alligator came to the surface.

I thought he might have latched onto an underwater log until he sent this video.

Yup, that's a gator.

A couple of days later, I drove my truck to the pond and sure enough, there it was.

It was just hovering in the water around 30 yards from the bank closest to me.

I drove back to my house and asked my wife to bring her camera. When we got back to the pond, the alligator was less than 15 feet from the bank.

So, now the question I have is, what are my options?

Neighborhood teenagers occasionally fish at the pond, and some even bring small canoes. I don't think it's safe for that to happen anym

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