CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A large gator got himself stuck in a storm drain and needed help from local firefighters to get out. A passerby in a Cape Coral community noticed the 10-foot reptile stuck in a storm drain and notified the fire department, according to a Facebook post.

Firefighters in Florida save lives every day, including creatures with very sharp teeth that find themselves in precarious situations.

Things got interesting in a Florida neighborhood over the weekend after a monstrous alligator became trapped in a storm drain, triggering a frightening rescue operation.

Life imitates art. A real-life massive gator wedged itself in a tiny storm drain in Florida Sunday — in a too-close-for-comfort imitation of the bloody movie “Alligator.” But unlike the 1980 B-movie,

Shutterstock Image Rescue missions are common for firefighters. However, I imagine that they are usually saving people from burning buildings. In this instance, firefighters performed a rescue of a different sort.

An alligator measuring over 10 feet long was pulled from a storm drain in South Florida on Saturday. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, a person walking by noticed the gator stuck in the drain in the area of 2857 NW 27th Street in Cape Coral.