ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —<br />Eugene Bozzi is a military veteran and a dad. While he's only been in Florida a year, the native of Philadelphia felt an alligator's power up close.<br /><br />"Somebody's gotta step up and do something, we all got to look out for each other right?" he told WESH 2. "I was frightened when I had it in it, because it was so powerful. And I didn't expect that, it was pushing out, whipping its tail around."<br /><br />Denise Sparks says the 6-footer was in front her Orange County home and she had no idea until she heard the commotion.<br /><br />"I would have been gator food, I would have fainted," she said. "I said, 'What in the world is going on?' I heard boom boom boom."<br /><br />Once the gator was in the trash can, Bozzi quickly maneuvered it down the embankment toward the retention pond pushing it over, and hightailed up the hill.<br /><br />"Army training kicked in, get it done, dropping it in, keep moving," he said.<br /><br />Orange County tweeted out that people should call the state's nuisance line for alligators so a licensed trapper can take over.<br /><br />"I don't know the procedures, so I did it my own way," he said.<br /><br />Bozzi is stunned by the attention he got after the video went viral.<br /><br />"I got so many inboxes, DMs, women saying things, men saying things, people that I do know, friends," he said.
