Fishing is usually a relaxing experience. However, when it’s done in the middle of alligator season, things can get stressful very fast. A fisherman learned that the hard way recently, when he got chased down by an alligator after reeling it in thinking it was a fish.
Video of the man’s alligator encounter recently went viral after he shared the clip on YouTube. As seen in the video, the man is calmly fishing before taking off running as he sees the alligator emerge from the water. The gator quickly begins moving towards him, but luckily for the man it eventually stops, and goes back towards the water.
According to Brobible, the incident occurred in Florida, as is the case with most alligator encounters. Many online claimed their reaction would be much worse than the man in the video. Hopefully next time he thinks he caught the big one, it’s an actual fish.