Watch: Georgia sheriff's deputy has close call with large alligator
March 6 (UPI) -- A Georgia sheriff's office said a deputy had a close call with a large alligator when he heard a hissing sound and turned to see the reptile charging toward him with its jaws open.
The Hall County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the deputy was laying a track for a K9 training exercise around a pond off Allen Creek Road when he "heard a hissing sound and saw the alligator with its mouth open."
The sheriff's office said the gator, estimated to be up to 9 feet long, "charged at the deputy who was able to run up an embankment and evade the animal."
The deputy was not injured.
The sheriff's office captured a drone video Wednesday morning of an alligator believed to be the same animal from Tuesday's encounter.
