This man used a trash can to successfully trap an alligator in Florida. Fishing and wildlife authorities say to let them trap

A man took matters into his own hands, literally, when an alligator made its way to his neighbor’s yard on Tuesday. Without hesitation, Eugène Bozzi grabbed a trash can and tried to lure it inside.

Bozzi, a native of Philadelphia, has only been in Orange County, 14 miles east of Orlando, Fla., For a year, according to WESH, and said his military training pushed him to think quickly.

After Bozzi is able to put the alligator inside the trash can, he can be seen in a video closing the lid and rolling the box along the backfill towards the retention basin. That’s when Bozzi dropped the can, knocked it over, and the alligator went back into the water.

The widely viewed video caught the attention of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who tweeted a few words of caution with a link to information about their statewide noxious alligator program.

“Are you concerned about an alligator?” Don’t take trash, call our hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR (866-392-4286) and we can send a REAL alligator trapper. ” they wrote.

“I don’t know the procedures, so I did it my way,” he told WESH.

“There are 1.3 million alligators in Florida living in all 67 counties, inhabiting any wilderness area in the state that can support them,” according to the FWC.

Denise Sparks, the neighbor the 6-foot gator crawled into, said she didn’t even know he was there until she heard the sounds of the encounter.

In general, the FWC says a pest alligator is anything that is at least 4 feet in length and is considered a threat to people, pets, or property.

“Removing harmful alligators is not having a significant impact on our state’s alligator population,” they said.