At MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, the animal was called “Airman Ally Gator” in jest.
For the second time this season, a big, curious alligator came to a Florida Air Force base.
The over-12-foot snake was seen near the 6th Medical Group hospital at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, on May 15. This was a few weeks after the wild animal was moved because it was stopping planes by lying on the base’s runway.
MacDill put a picture of the alligator’s second visit on Facebook. The picture shows the animal lying on a sidewalk next to the hospital.
The visiting animal was called “Airman Ally Gator,” and the base joked in the post’s description, “Airman Gator will be in charge of MacDill’s complaint department and is ready to book your appointment below.”
For more serious reasons, the base put a safety message in the post telling people to stay away from the alligator if they see him.
This alligator can run up to 20 miles per hour for short stretches. If you’re in Florida and you see a body of water, you should think that a gator is nearby, the post said.
On May 16, MacDill gave a report on the alligator. A “scaly friend” measuring 12 feet and 3 inches long was moved about three hours south of MacDill to the alligator farm Gatorama in Palmdale, the base verified.
Also, the base said that the alligator “has already made some friends in his new home” and was given the name “MacDill” to honor the station.
In a video that was included with the update, the alligator gets out of a caged car and into a swampy body of water while many people watch and record it on their phones. The gator MacDill then jumps into the water and starts moving.
The alligator first made the news in April, when he was discovered sleeping under an airplane on the base’s runway.
The snake was moved to “a better environment off base” near the Hillsborough River with help from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. But that didn’t stop him from coming back, which is why he moved to Gatorama.
