In Cocoa Beach a couple of weeks ago, Geiger walked out and spotted Matilda, the golf course neighborhood alligator, sitting on her nest of eggs — a nest she made in his backyard.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A Cocoa Beach homeowner is speaking out about his run-in with a 6-foot gator that was determined to get through his fence to protect her young.

On Wednesday, the Cocoa Police Department responded to a call of an alligator sighting on University Lane. Officers on the scene found the small alligator roaming the streets. The officer on the ...