The Blue Collar Brawler helped capture the gator in Jacksonville, Florida. @JSOPIO/X “Nope, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you.

The Blue Collar Brawler helped capture the gator in Jacksonville, Florida. @JSOPIO/X Dragich is a licensed alligator trapper in Florida. @JSOPIO/X ...

The Blue Collar Brawler, aka Mike Dragich, is a Florida nuisance alligator trapper. He was called to remove a 10-foot gator off I-95.

On April 23, 2024, when he used his bare hands to wrangle this 8-foot gator in the road. Then in May of 2023, when he captured a 10-foot gator at an elementary school.

Florida How Florida Law Makes Gator Encounters More Dangerous Protections apply even when the animal is on your property and getting closer. Autumn Billings | 5.7.2025 2:30 PM ...