A 7-foot gator was captured near a Clearwater nursing home on Thursday afternoon.

Officials said the gator got too close for comfort at Brookdale Beckett Lake in the 2100 block of Montclair Road.

Nuisance critter trapper Capt. Mike Amyx initially coralled the wayward gator and then Officers Wall and Granville and Sgt. Devol swooped in to assist in securing the animal for his ride to a much better location.