>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALRIGHT, CAUGHT ON CAMERA. YOU’RE GOING WANT TO SEE THIS VIDEO AND
ALLIGATOR ROAMING OUTSIDE OF A
LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEWSFOURJAX VIEWER SENT US
PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE
GATOR IN THE PARKING LOT OF
SAINT CLAIR EVANS ACADEMY.
THAT’S ON MONCRIEF ROAD. THIS
WAS A VERY LARGE REPTILE AND A
LOCAL WRANGLING LEGEND. A
TRAPPER WHO HAS REALLY GOT A
LOT OF FAME LATELY WAS CALLED
IN TO RESTRAIN THAT GATOR AT
TIMES. I DON’T KNOW WHO IS
GOING TO WIN THIS FIGHT.
ULTIMATELY YOU ARE VICTORIOUS.
BUT BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS A
LOT OF VIDEO AND YOU CAN SEE A
CROWD GATHERING AROUND. SO
WANT TO BRING IN MIKE DRAGIC.
HE’S A LICENSED ALLIGATOR
TRAPPER HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY
AND THE MAN THAT YOU SEE RIGHT
THERE IN THAT VIDEO WHICH NOW
IS GOING ALL OVER THE WORLD
BIKE. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. THIS
HAPPENED THIS SUNDAY UP ON
JACKSONVILLE’S NORTHSIDE,
RIGHT? YEAH. UP IN THE
COMMUNITY. A SHOUT OUT TO YOU
GUYS.
>> AMAZING COMMUNITY OUT
THERE. THEY SHOWED SO MUCH
LOVE. I HAVE A I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. IT WAS A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE. I GOT A CALL LAST
MINUTE LATE AT NIGHT SHOW UP
TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAW
ENFORCEMENT FIRE WAS ON SITE.
I WALK UP. THERE’S A HUGE 10
FOOT ALLIGATOR THE JOB THAT TO
GET DONE. SO LUCKILY HE WAS A
BEAST, BUT WE HANDLED THEM. SO
IT WAS WELL, YOU’RE NOT A
SMALL GUY. IT I MEAN, YOU’RE A
TOUGH GUY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: I DO WANT TO
POINT OUT YOU’RE A LICENSED
TRAPPER. YOU’VE GOT A CALL
FROM STATE WILDLIFE OFFICIALS
SAY THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
WE WOULD EVER WANT ANYONE TO
TAKE INTO THEIR OWN HANDS,
RIGHT? YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD
BE MESSING WITH ALLIGATORS.
>> ON YOUR OWN TIME, I AM A
LICENSED TRAPPER THROUGH THE
FWC AND I WAS CONTACTED
DISPATCH THROUGH FWC. SO ALL
RIGHT. SO WHAT’S GOING ON
HERE? BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU’RE PUTTING ON A SHOW, BUT
THIS IS ACTUALLY YOU GET DOWN
TO BUSINESS, RIGHT? YEAH,
CORRECT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS
YOU HAVE TO GET THESE
ALLIGATORS TIRED. SO I KNOW IT
LOOKS LIKE I WAS SPOKEN IN
PROBLEM AND MESSING WITH THEM
A LITTLE BIT. BUT YOU HAVE TO
GET THESE ANIMALS TIRED.
THEY’RE WAY TOO POWERFUL, FREE
TO WALK UP AND GRAB OR TOUCH
OR EVEN TRY TO PUT THIS RIGHT
HERE. CATCH POLE, WHICH HE
OBVIOUSLY BROOKS, I BROUGHT
THIS FOR YOU GUYS. THIS IS A
STAINLESS STEEL CATCHPOLE. I
USED TO CATCH MY OUR GATORS
WITH AND IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY
BENT AND BROKEN. SO HE JUST
ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED IT. AND
YEAH, SO YOU GOT TO GET THESE
THINGS TIRE BEFORE YOU MESS
WITH THEM. ONCE THEY’RE TIRED,
THAT’S WHEN THE WORKOUT PINS.
ALL RIGHT. SO YOU’RE FINALLY
ABLE TO TO USE THAT BROKEN
CATCHPOLE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: TO GET A MAN
TO GET THEM UNDER CONTROL. YOU
HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
A LOT OF KIDS THAT GOT TO SEE
THIS FIRSTHAND ASK HER HOW DID
THIS STORY? AND ANOTHER SHOUT
OUT TO JFRD MANDATE. THEY WERE
THERE TO HELP ME CAPTAIN
JUSTIN SMITH.
>> ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS HE
WAS ON SITE SHOWED UP WITH HIS
WHOLE CREW AND THANK THANKFUL
FOR THEM. WE JUMP ON THIS
THING AND AND GET GET THE GET
THE JOB DONE. BUT YEAH, MAN.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO A LOT OF
US, YOU ME, A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR
ALLIGATORS OR LISTEN. THEY
WERE HERE FIRST. YEAH, THEY’RE
REALLY INCREDIBLE ANIMALS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH,
SOMETIMES TRAPPERS TO HAVE TO
PUT THEM DOWN. IT WAS AT THE
CASE HERE, CORRECT? YES, YEAH.
THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE THE
HARDEST ANIMALS.
>> AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAP ALLIGATOR
AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKING LOT WITH NOWHERE TO
GO. HE BECOMES A VERY
AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL WE REALLY
COULDN’T JUST RELOCATE THEM
SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THE
COMMUNITY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
GOOD FOR THE WILDLIFE AROUND
THAT AREA. SO THERE’S A TIME
AND PLACE AND THIS WAS THAT
TIME. SO WE DID HAVE TO
ALLIGATOR. SO, MIKE, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT YOUR STORY BECAUSE
YOU ARE A MARINE CORPS
VETERAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE.
>> SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT YOU
ARE ACTUALLY SHOT AND LEFT FOR
DEAD AND RECOVERED FROM THAT.
YEAH, HE’S GOT. YEAH. YEAH.
>> YEAH. I HAVE A FULL
TESTIMONY. IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT
THE AGE OF PODCAST, MY
PERSONAL TESTIMONIALS ON THERE
AS WELL AS MY HEART BEHIND MY
ORGANIZATION.
>> WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I’M
DOING ALL OF THIS. SO PROJECTS
SAVIOR. IT’S A GREAT
ORGANIZATION. YOU TOLD ME
ABOUT IT. TELL ME THE MISSION.
>> SO THE MISSION IS THE 5
PTSD IN VETERANS SUICIDE BY
CONNECTING WITH THE GREAT
OUTDOORS AND SHARING THE TRUE
FREEDOM. THE COME TO JESUS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YEAH, YEAH.
SO WONDERFUL. AND I KNOW THAT
YOU’RE PARTNERING WITH THE
CHURCH OF 11. 22 AND IT’S
ABOUT HUNTING AND FISHING AND
GOING OUTSIDE AND JUST
ENJOYING ALL THAT MOTHER
NATURE HAS TO OFFER, RIGHT?
THAT’S THEIR A P FOR SOME
PEOPLE. WE JUST WANT VETERANS,
FIRST RESPONDERS AND PEOPLE
OUT THERE STRUGGLING WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: TO KNOW THAT
THE ONLY TRUE FREEDOM THEY’RE
GOING TO FIND IS THROUGH
JESUS. IF WE CAN USE THE
OUTDOORS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP,
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO.
OK? SO ALL SUPPORT IS
APPRECIATED. HOW DO PEOPLE GET
INVOLVED?
>> MY
>> PROFILE IS BLUE COLLAR
BRAWLER. YOU CAN CHECK ME OUT
ON INSTAGRAM AND SO IS HIM. BY
THE WAY, AND THEN PROJECT
SAVIOR OUTDOORS, INSTAGRAM
PRODUCTS, SAFER OUTDOORS AND
YOU CAN GO TO PROJECTS SAVIOR,
OUTDOORS, DOT ORG AND FINDERS.
THEIR DONATIONS APPRECIATED
AND PRAYERS APPRECIATED AND
JUST HONESTLY SPREAD THE WORD.
>> IS IS WHAT MATTERS TO US
MOST? ALRIGHT, ABSOLUTELY. SO
CERTAINLY WE’RE GOING TO
CHANGE THAT FROM DOT COM DOT
ORG, ITS DOT ORG. BUT YOU CAN
FIND HIM ON.
>> ON INSTAGRAM AND MAKE IT
HAPPEN. THANK AND I KNOW YOU
DO MMA TO SO CERTAINLY SOME OF
YOUR.
>> YOUR COMPETITORS ARE
PROBABLY WATCHING THIS GOING
TO WRESTLE WITH THIS
JACKSONVILLE AND ELEVATE AT
JAX BEACH. THOSE ARE MY TEAMS.