Texas

SIENNA, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13 viewers captured an alligator on video on Friday, crossing the intersection at Sienna Parkway and the Fort Bend County Toll Road.

Another video shows an alligator on the streets in Sienna walking on the sidewalk and then lying down on Sunday morning.

"Seeing them in the water, not a surprise at all, there's playgrounds, basketball courts, and things, so we see them over there a lot, but seeing them on the sidewalk, not normal, even by Sienna standards," Sienna resident Lauren Moyer said....

Experts said the reason you may see alligators roaming the streets right now, and not just in a body of water, is because it's mating season.

"They're very territorial this time of year so you'll have the larger male alligator with a well-established territory and the rest of the year he may not care too much about another male being there, during mating season he'll fight them - he'll chase them off, he doesn't want them anywhere near his mates," Urban Jungle Wildlife Removal wildlife biologist Stefan Kuhlman said.

Kuhlman said if you do encounter an alligator, leave it be.

"They're everywhere, and they really don't want to mess with us; they just want to be left alone, but when you see them crossing the road, it kind of gets your attention," said Kuhlman.