Gator Leaves The Water And Moves Along The Shore

Some wildlife encounters unfold with a kind of unspoken certainty.

The filmer, Michael, recorded the scene in Gonzales, Louisiana.

An alligator moves through the water toward the shoreline, then lifts its body up and crawls onto land. It continues forward at a steady pace, inching along the bank as the water drips from its tail and back.

With no sudden movements, the slow approach carries its own sense of momentum. The moment ends as the gator keeps moving out of the water and into the open.