Massive 600-pound alligator captured near mall in Florida

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — An alligator is in safer waters after making its way to a Florida mall.

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Deputies in Lee County were called to help wrangle the massive 12-foot-long gator.

It was found outside of the Coconut Point Mall in Estero last week.

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the reptile weighed 600 pounds.

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