Sheriff's deputies and a wildlife trapper were summoned to a Florida post office when a customer who came in to mail a package discovered a 7-foot alligator in the lobby.
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The Hernando County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to the post office in Spring Hill after a patron reported a gator wandering in the lobby.
The sheriff's office said the post office has automatic double doors that likely allowed the alligator easy entry into the building.
A #Florida sheriff's office posted a photo of a 7-foot alligator at a U.S Post Office facility ? https://t.co/VZbazgjJEG
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A wildlife trapper was called to the scene and safely escorted the gator out of the building, the sheriff's office said.
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