A man in a kayak was caught on video attempting to outrun an alligator in Mobile Bay near Spanish Fort on Sunday (May 7) afternoon.

The two videos posted to social media by Shannon Collins have been viewed nearly 200,000 times as of Tuesday (May 9) afternoon. In the comment section of Collins Facebook post she states that she was at Ralph and Kacoos Restaurant when the man in the kayak appeared.

In the first video, which is :15 seconds, the Causeway Bridge can be seen in the backdrop as the man in the kayak sits still and looks back at the alligator slowly approaching. The man begins to paddle faster as the quickly approaches.

In the second video clip, that is :30 seconds long, the man begins to put some distance in between himself and the alligator before paddling out of view of the camera.

When you really really really dont want to tip over your kayak... Posted by Shannon Collins on Sunday, May 7, 2017

In the comment section of post on Facebook, Collins wrote that the gator was just hanging out in the reeds until the man in the kayak got close and lingered for a few minutes. She said it was long enough for the gator to leave the reeds and follow the man in the kayak.

Collins wrote that she talked to the man in the kayak once he made it to shore.

"The kayaker was an avid outdoors-man who was used to seeing lots of gators," wrote Collins. "He was very nonchalant when we talked to him at the shore...not at all panicked (like I would have been!)."