See ya later, alligator!
A Marine veteran known as “Blue Collar Brawler” was filmed running onto a highway to wrestle a 6-foot-long alligator — all while barefoot.
Animal trapper Mike Dragich was filmed in a camouflage muscle shirt and shorts as he tackled the gator on the I-95 — at one point casually sitting on its back while holding closed its terrifying jaws.
The Blue Collar Brawler helped capture the gator in Jacksonville, Florida. @JSOPIO/X“Nope, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you. That really happened,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote while sharing the footage of the man they called a “local gator-wrangling legend.”
“Just another totally normal day in the Sunshine State,” the sheriff’s office said, adding: “Only in Florida.”
Dragich could be seen twisting and turning the gator around with a pole until he was able to jump on its back and tie its mouth shut. The video cut to him and a deputy lifting onto the back of a pickup truck.
“Wooo!” Dragich yells before the clip ends.
Dragich is a licensed alligator trapper in Florida. @JSOPIO/X
Dragich was described by police as a “local gator-wrangling legend.” @JSOPIO/XDragich, a licensed Florida alligator trapper, posts shocking videos on his Instagram for his 364,000 followers showing him wrestling alligators and hunting.
The Marine is the founder of Project Savior Outdoors, a nonprofit that works to fight veteran suicide with outdoor hunting and fishing trips and retreats.
