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Gator Spotted Sunning On Mattress In FL Canal After Hurricane: Report
A gator was seen sunning itself on a mattress that's been floating in a debris-filled north FL canal since Hurricane Helene, a report said.
SUWANNEE, FL — A gator was recently spotted sunning itself on a mattress in a debris-filled canal in north Florida, the Miami Herald reported.
The mattress, which has fitted sheets and blankets still on it, has been seen floating in the Suwannee canal since Hurricane Helene, reports said.
Helene made landfall nearby on Sept. 26 in the Big Bend area as a Category 4 storm.
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“We have all wondered whose bed was in the canal. Now we know. It’s the alligator’s,” Tracy Kirkpatrick, who snapped a photo of the gator, wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.
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