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WATCH: Fulshear police officer wrangles gator with his bare hands

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Published  August 23, 2024 8:21pm CDT
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FOX 26 Houston

FULSHEAR, Texas - It was quite the day for the Fulshear Police Department on Friday. 

Lt. Bill Henry tells FOX 26 that he and Officer Stewart got a call around 7 a.m. regarding a gator in the backyard of a home in the Polo Ranch Subdivision. 

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Then a second call came in about three hours later about a gator in the front porch of a home in the Fulshear Creek Subdivision. 

NICE HANDS!!! Fulshear police officer wrangles loose gator

Watch as Fulshear Police Department Lieutenant Bill Henry wrangled a gator in front of a home with his bare hands on Friday.

The encounter was caught on Henry's bodyworn camera and it captured the encounter. 

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In a post on Facebook, the Fulshear Police Department said, "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy."