"Old Gruesome,” as residents of a Florida Keys neighborhood affectionately call an American crocodile who’s lived in their canal for years, decided to explore the area outside her normal environs earlier this month.
The large croc usually hangs out in the canals of the Venetian Shores neighborhood next to the Coast Guard station in Islamorada, said resident Jim Doran.
But on May 5, she wandered outside the area beyond a fence, and state wildlife officers decided they should wrangle her and return her home. With the help of Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies, they quickly captured her and returned her to the water, Doran, who watched and photographed the operation, said.
