Some residents in Jensen Beach, Florida, got an unexpected backyard visitor over the weekend when they found a 7-foot alligator going for a swim in their pool.

When officers responded to a home in the Pinecrest Lakes neighborhood on May 31, they found the gator "completely unfazed by its unexpected audience," the Martin County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post .

After enlisting the help of professional trapper Matt Hines, the alligator was trapped and removed from the pool, the MCSO said.

The reptile made it into the pool despite the home's pool being fully fenced in, the post said. Officers said they believe the alligator either climbed over or found its way under the fencing.

While the encounter is abnormal, it happens more often than expected, officers said. In fact, it

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