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A Gator Chases People In A Wendy’s Parking Lot

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

It’s not every day that you go to Wendy’s to grab some lunch and get chased by an alligator in the parking lot, but that’s exactly what happened to people at a Fort Myers, Florida Wendy’s on Monday (5/17).

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) posted to Twitter, “Deputies responded to Lee Blvd today after this 6-ft gator chased pedestrians through a Wendy’s parking lot. He may have just been “hangry” for a cheeseburger, but he gave many quite the scare! Alongside FWC, we wrangled the gator and safely relocated it.”

The Lehigh Acres Fire Department was also on hand to help and the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue Division also joked about the incident on Twitter, saying, “In other #Florida news, we’ll be experiencing a slightly delayed response time leaving Lehigh Acres Health & Rehab.”

According to Today, after causing chaos at Wendy’s and a nearby bank, the gator made his way across the street to the parking lot of Lehigh Acres Health & Rehab on Lee Boulevard, where he was safely captured and relocated to an alligator farm. No injuries were reported and the alligator is okay.

So, how did this massive creature end up in a Wendy’s parking lot? FWC officials said it was probably trying to move “between two water bodies” and made a brief pit stop along the way.

Meanwhile, Wendy’s spokesperson joked to Today, “The gator must have gotten word of the new Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger and wanted to see what the buzz is all about.”

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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