800-pound alligator found at Houston-area shopping center

800-pound alligator found at Houston-area shopping center
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Summary Godzilla was discovered Saturday by people arriving for work at the center in Sugar Land.

TEXAS (AP) — An alligator dubbed Godzilla who tips the scales at more than 800 pounds is being taken to a gator reserve to live out its days, after being found wandering outside a Houston-area shopping center.

Godzilla was discovered Saturday by people arriving for work at the center in Sugar Land. It s believed he wandered over to the plaza from a nearby creek.

Christy Kroboth is licensed by the state as a "nuisance alligator trapper." She was called to help subdue Godzilla and cart him away.

She says once he was muzzled and restrained, a forklift was borrowed from Home Depot to load him onto a truck.

Kroboth says Godzilla is blind in one eye and has only partial sight in the other. He s going to the reserve for his safety. 

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