WATCH: Deputies 'expel' gator from Florida school grounds

PARRISH, Fla. (WFLA) – Deputies in Manatee County, Florida, had to "expel" a reptilian visitor that unexpectedly showed up at a local high school Tuesday.

A team of at least three deputies came to Parrish Community High School that evening and, in true Florida fashion, one arrived with a cowboy hat and a lasso.

A large alligator was waiting for them near a fence that sits in front of a pond on the property.

Body camera video showed one deputy tossing the lasso around the alligator's neck as it hissed and tried to wrangle free.

"We're still gonna have a pretty good fight with this one," a deputy remarked halfway into the fight. "He's getting tired now, though."

The deputy in the cowboy hat later climbed on top of the gator and held its jaw down as his colleague placed a restraint around the reptile's mouth.

"Y'all make this look like you do this on the regular," a person watching the ordeal said.

"We do," a deputy replied. "And this one is not happy."

The gator was placed into the back of a pickup truck after its limbs were restrained. Deputies safely released the animal into a body of water far from the school grounds.

Once at the drop-off site, the gator slowly backed into the water — prompting one onlooker to compare its movements to "moonwalking," the bodycam video shows.

"That's pretty amazing," the woman remarked.