A 9-foot 9-inch gator was trapped in Brunswick, Georgia, on Tuesday. The gator originally came out of the marsh along Highway 17.

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Several people pulled the gator out of the bushes before it rolled around and tried to get away. The Officers with the Brunswick Police Department had to clear a crowd of people in the parking lot.

Police then contacted the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ranger and state troopers from Jesup, Georgia, according to a sergeant with the Brunswick Police Department.

The team was able to capture the gator safely.

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