An alligator seen hanging by a plane at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa last month made another appearance at the military base this week, but this time he got a trip to a new home.
The 12-foot-plus gator was seen next to the landing gear of a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft in late April. Wildlife officials caught the big boy and released him into the nearby Hillsborough River.
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But on Wednesday the Air Force base released a new picture on Facebook of what appears to be the same gator, now seen in another part of the base.
“Airman Ally Gator has returned to duty this evening. Airman Gator will be in charge of MacDill’s complaint department and is ready to book your appointment below,” the Air Force base joked.
The gator was captured again, but this time he was taken to Gatorama and Crocodile Adventures, a gator farm in Palm Lake. The base released video on Facebook of the gator, now renamed “MacDill” being released into a new home.
“We hate to see these big old bull alligators killed. The stories they tell must be amazing about how he survived to this length,” Gatorama posted on its own Facebook page.
Wildlife officials believe ”MacDill” may have been pushed out of his original home by Elvis, a well-known, bigger gator in the area.
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