Florida man uses recycling bin to catch large alligator outside his house

I don't know the procedures, so I did it my own way,' says 26-year-old US Army veteran, after the reptile hissed' at his daughter

Not all heroes wear capes - some wear slides and socks. A US army veteran who has gone viral online for trapping a large Florida alligator in wheelie bin says he used the front like a hippo mouth", to scare the reptile into submission.

When 26-year-old Eugene Bozzi's daughter told him Hey, this big alligator just hissed at me!", he thought it must be a baby, the New York Post reports. When he saw that it was 1.8 metres long, he was daunted but not deterred.