DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A group of Daytona Beach police officers used a yield traffic sign to shoo away an unwanted, four-legged customer outside a gas station.
Police said a small alligator was found behind a RaceTrac on Beville Road on Tuesday.
A delivery man spotted the animal as he was throwing away some boxes behind the business.
Sgt. Bob Ransom and Officers Kera Cantrell and Nick Gurucharri came to the rescue.
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Video posted to Facebook shows Ransom steering the alligator out of the garbage area and into a pond.
He used a yield traffic sign the business had stored in the back after the sign had been knocked down on the street.
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