Fisherman captures a crazy video of an alligator chasing a bear across a Florida river

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Joseph, S. (2026, September 6). Fisherman captures a crazy video of an alligator chasing a bear across a Florida river. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-culture/fisherman-captures-crazy-video-alligator-chasing-bear-across-florida-river

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Fox News · collected 2026-09-06 · by Sean Joseph

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Captain Justin Morgan, a fisherman and guide service owner, captured a video of an alligator chasing a bear across the Kissimmee river near Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The incident occurred while Morgan was out bluegill fishing with clients. There are no specific numbers mentioned in the article, but it suggests that such encounters between alligators and bears may be rare or unusual enough to be notable. The article speculates on what might happen in a hypothetical showdown between an alligator and a bear, referencing a previous incident where a bear successfully defended itself against multiple alligators.
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A fisherman named Captain Justin Morgan, who runs a fishing guide service, captured a video of an alligator chasing a black bear across the Kissimmee River near Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The video shows the bear swimming with the alligator hot on its tail, heading towards the shore. According to Captain Morgan, he and his clients were fishing for bluegill when they saw the unusual scene unfold. This rare encounter has sparked questions about what would happen if an alligator and a black bear were to confront each other in the wild. The video provides a unique glimpse into this hypothetical situation, but it's unclear whether the alligator was trying to attack the bear or simply mistaking it for prey.

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Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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67/100
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1
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Topics

Florida the Sunshine State

Subjects

Florida GPE · 1× Justin Morgan PERSON · 1× the Sunshine State GPE · 1×

Narrative

A bear did successfully fend off a couple of alligators trying to attack it in the water before, but is that how they always play out or do alligators put some in the win column?
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07
🔮 If you can dream it up, there's a good chance it will go down in the Sunshine State.
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Fisherman captures a crazy video of an alligator chasing a bear across a Florida river · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

Let's head down to Florida where anything can and does take place. asserted
anything → let → place
If you can dream it up, there's a good chance it will go down in the Sunshine State. asserted
it → dream → State
That goes for both people and animals. asserted
That → go → people
The latest example to prove that point comes from a fisherman out on the Kissimmee river near Lake Okeechobee. asserted
example → prove → Okeechobee
Captain Justin Morgan, who runs a fishing guide service, captured the crazy video. asserted
who → run → video
The clip shows a scene that you don't see every day, a bear swimming across the river with an alligator hot on its trail chasing it towards the shore. asserted
alligator → show → shore
"Alligator tracking down a bear across the Kissimmee river near Lake Okeechobee," the captain captioned the action. asserted
captain → track → action
"We were out bluegill fishing when what from a distance looked like a wild hog was a black bear swimming across the Kissimmee with a gator not far behind! asserted
looked → look → Kissimmee
Not something we get to see everyday but really cool to watch!" asserted
we → get → ?
This was close to giving us a straight out of a nature documentary look at what would happen if an alligator and a black bear ever went at it in the wild. asserted
alligator → give → wild
That begs the question. asserted
That → beg → question
What would happen? asserted
What → happen → ?
Did the alligator give chase after mistaking the bear for something else it could easily take down? uncertain
it → give → something
Does the advantage lean towards the alligator in the water and the bear on land? asserted
advantage → lean → land
That's what I would assume. asserted
I → assume → what
A bear did successfully fend off a couple of alligators trying to attack it in the water before, but is that how they always play out or do alligators put some in the win column? asserted
alligators → fend → column
In this case, the alligator appears to lose interest once the bear makes it to the shore. asserted
bear → appear → shore
The bear takes a look back before wandering into the woods and doesn’t seem interested in the alligator either. asserted
bear → take → alligator
Who would have won a showdown between these two? asserted
Who → win → two
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