Sarasota family finds large gator in their swimming pool

SARASOTA (FOX 13) - Many Bay Area residents planned to spend the day by the pool for Memorial Day, but one Sarasota family was surprised to find that an alligator started the pool party a little early in theirs.

Sarasota deputies responded to a call in the Plantation neighborhood Monday morning after residents discovered a 7- to 8-foot gator in their pool.

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Florida Fish and Wildlife also responded to the scene, and a trapper is relocating the gator.

The sheriff's office says the female gator broke right through the screen.

The sheriff's office posted video on Facebook with the caption: "Because no two days on patrol are ever the same..."

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