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Florida gator caught on camera popping out of pond, charging at fisherman: 'That's my foot!'

By and Ann Schmidt
Published  November 11, 2025 4:32pm CST
Florida
FOX 13 News
Gator charges at Florida fisherman

Gator charges at Florida fisherman

While fishing in Four Corners earlier this summer, a Florida man was shocked to see an angry alligator pop out of a pond.

The Brief

    • A gator in Four Corners, Florida shocked a fisherman when it popped out of a pound.
    • A video Cole Rossner posted on social media shows the moment when the angry alligator came out of the water.
    • Rossner says he's lucky to have his foot after such a close call.

FOUR CORNERS, Fla. - A Florida fisherman was chased away from a pond by an angry alligator earlier this summer.

Video taken by Cole Rossner shows the moment he was reeling in a fish in Four Corners, when some pond life of a very different kind came at him.

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"Out of nowhere when I was reeling in a fish, this gator popped out of the water and chased me instead of the fish," Rossner told Storyful.

On Instagram, Rossner wrote that he was "lucky to have a foot right now."

The Source: Information for this story was collected from Storyful.

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