PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — A hilarious viral video shows the moments a thrilled woman found what may be Peachtree City’s Infamous alligator, Flat Creek Floyd.
A massive gator has been spotted off-and-on for years in the Lake Peachtree and Flat Creek areas. Channel 2 Action News first reported on the gator sightings in 2016 when it was seen near Flat Creek.
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That sighting got the gator the moniker “Flat Creek Floyd” and sparked a wave of people trying to get selfies with the animal. Police eventually warned the public that it may not be safe to get that close to the gator and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said they were working to trap and relocate the gator.
Fast-forward to 2022 and Flat Creek Floyd seems to have made another appearance.
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Earlier this month, Yvette Stephens Shelton spotted a massive alligator basking in the sun where Flat Creek runs under Joel Cowan Parkway.
Shelton kept a healthy distance when she spotted the gator, but boy was she excited. In a hilarious video posted to Shelton’s Facebook page, she couldn’t contain her excitement -- or her charming southern twang.
“Y’all, look! It’s the gator! The gator down here in Peachtree City!” she says in a video posted to her Facebook page. “WE DONE FOUND THE GATOR! Y’all, he is huge. He’s so big y’all, look at him.”
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The video has since been shared hundreds of times.
Another Peachtree City Resident, Jodie Clack Aziz, posted a second video of the gator basking in the sun near the bridge.
It’s unclear if the gator that Shelton found is the same one from earlier encounters.
It’s unclear if the Georgia DNR was ever able to trap and relocate the animal.
WARNING: Mild language
Found the PTC GATOR Basking in da SUN!
Posted by Yvette Stephens Shelton on Monday, April 18, 2022
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