Texas woman captures video of alligator in her backyard during Harvey

A Texas woman who lives near Lake Olympia found an alligator in her backyard Sunday afternoon following the rains from Tropical Storm Harvey.

Arlene Kelsch, of Missouri City, first spotted an alligator in her flooded backyard Saturday. When Kelsch checked in on its location Sunday around 1 p.m., she got a surprise.

"I went to check on him and saw he had moved to another part of my backyard...but it wasn't the same alligator! That's when I see two swimming around our yard," Kelsch told Chron.com over email. "Holy crap was my reaction. I felt relatively safe seeing them; it's kind of cool. As long as I don't open my door, I'm fine, but it's still a little creepy."

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Aside from the new visitors in her backyard, Kelsch's home has been holding up well. So long as there is a break in the rain, she doesn't think it will flood.

"We have seen some snakes. That's really what I am keeping an eye out for inside my house! Residents here in Lake Olympia will have sightings in the spring of baby alligators, but never inside our backyards," Kelsch said.

On Saturday, Houston's Gator Squad got a workout when it responded to the Meyerland area to help retrieve a small alligator from a residence in that flood-prone neighborhood.