SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN/CNN) - An 80-year-old South Florida man took it upon himself to catch an alligator that slithered into his Southwest Miami-Dade backyard, but after grappling with the unwanted visitor, he needed some help from police and wildlife officials.

Miami-Dade Police and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials responded to the home along the 12300 block of Southwest 202nd Ave., just after 5 p.m., Tuesday.

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Ed Chapman, 80, said he spotted the alligator in his property. He then tried to trap it himself.

“That thing tugged me all over,” he said. “Carried me, twisting and fighting me all the way across the property.”

Chapman said he learned about the six-and-a-half-foot intruder from his dog, Rocco.

“I saw it because my dog ran out, and I saw her veer off, and she ran back,” he said, “and I looked at it, and there it was walking, and I said, ‘Damn, that’s a big gator.'”

Chapman said he brought out a noose in an attempt to apprehend the unwanted yard guest.

“I went and got the noose pulled, and I got it around its neck,” he said.

