<body><div><p> April 17 (UPI) -- Police were summoned to a North Carolina store where an alligator wandered up to the entrance and tried to find shade under a row of beach chairs on display. </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1QHF27_0ltzt4OA00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1QHF27_0ltzt4OA00" width="900" height="1200" ><figcaption>WECT News 6/YouTube </figcaption></figure><p> The Sunset Beach Police Department <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sunsetbeachpolice/posts/pfbid02nxxFqjBoaqoNb3b8yoJMir84526Pg1VzQPUuKEKye9PbxsXCvCpSnGo4ENc9uP2fl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXxAB_KFWKgYi1LvCObvESciR9KUkYqhZUJpYuenWE38lEWlxUgyIh2LkXwxiicrIa2rnzEOlPAni7xAhR6aTO-KXcGRhRrZk26zzBx7MvMAp7sC_WTSy4o2bWSAm15VYs9Uc8y8ds__5ru7S1qP3TSKGxKiZzwDj1Lf04nVgx0ah9K_eQDlAqCE3yQWxSL3tQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" rel="nofollow"> said in a Facebook post </a> that officers responded to the Coaster Outfitters store on Sunset Boulevard in Sunset Beach on a report of a 6-foot alligator near the shop's entrance. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p><a href="https://arcacobra.lpages.co/upi-odd-news-links/?scextcode=Newsbreak" rel="nofollow"> Subscribe to our daily Odd News newsletter. </a></p><p> "When officers arrived, the alligator was concealing himself under several display chairs where customers enter and exit the business," the post said. </p><p> The department said Officer Lee Hall, who holds a certification from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to capture and relocate alligators, set about the business of removing the trespassing reptile. </p><p> The alligator was relocated to a Sunset Beach pond, the police department said. </p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1l9aSwzBZRU?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p><i> This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/04/17/alligator-beach-chairs-Sunset-Beach-North-Carolina/5751681743807/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> UPI.com </a></i></p></div></body>

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Police were summoned to a North Carolina store where an alligator wandered up to the entrance and tried to find shade under a row of beach chairs on display.