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<p>LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) &#8212; Video of a massive alligator caught walking through a Florida nature reserve in front of stunned onlookers has prompted crowds of people hoping to catch their own glimpse.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LakelandPD/videos/10154998967960159/" target="_blank">The video</a> taken by a visitor to the Circle B Bar Reserve on Sunday shows the gator estimated to be about 12-feet long lumbering across a trail.</p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/2iHA8pY" target="_blank">WFLA-TV</a> reports officials are concerned the increased attention brought on by the video could pose a danger to the gators. Polk County Natural Resources Director Jeff Spence says they&#8217;ve already asked one person to leave who ran off a trail hoping for a picture of the animal.</p><p>If a person is involved in an incident with a gator, Spence says the animal will most likely have to be killed.</p><p>He says they don&#8217;t want to have to do that &#8220;because someone is doing something they shouldn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p><style>
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Video of giant alligator draws crowds to Florida preserve