VIDEO: Florida man uses trash can to trap alligator, hailed as a neighborhood hero
[YouTube Screenshots/Fair Use/Credit: WESH]

A man in Florida may have revolutionized the way we capture alligators. He used a trash bin.

The man who got so much attention is Abdul Gene Malik.

After a video spread on social media of him Tuesday bravely confronting an alligator outside the home, the unconventional wrangler became internet famous.

How famous? Even โ€œThe Viewโ€ co-host Ana Navarro weighed in, reposting the video and writing, โ€œAs a Floridian, I demand to know. Somebody, please tell me why this isnโ€™t an Olympic sport?โ€

In the clip, the amateur wrangler, wearing just a T-shirt, shorts, and sandals, show zero fear as he comes at a medium-size alligator with a waste container on wheels as the reptile reverses.

โ€œWatch out, Watch out!โ€ someone off-camera screams. A woman laughs nervously.

Malik approaches the hissing alligator and scoops it up with the container as its tail flaps violently. He then smacks the lid on the gatorโ€™s head.

Seemingly stunned, the gator is suddenly scooped up into the container; Malik pulls the bin upright with the animal trapped inside, closes the top, and wheels it away. People laugh, cheer and howl.

The man rolls it down a grassy hill, grappling with the unwieldy container, almost falling.

โ€œLet him go, bro!โ€ a bystander yells. โ€œLet him go!โ€

Malik then drops the container on its side, and the alligator slips into bushes as the hero collects the can to applause and runs like hell. A body of water looks to be nearby.

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