Florida man who caught gator in trash can removes snake from house

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Florida man who went viral for using a trash can to catch an alligator shared video of his latest animal encounter when a large snake invaded his home.

Eugene Bozzi, who uses the alias Abdul Gene Malik online, posted a video to Instagram showing him carrying a long snake at arm's length outside his Mount Dora home



Bozzi said the snake had found its way inside his home, and he returned it to its habitat outside.

Bozzi previously made headlines when a video went viral showing him using a trash can to catch an alligator wandering through his neighborhood.

Florida man captures alligator in garbage bin

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Florida man who spotted an alligator wandering through his neighborhood was caught on camera capturing the reptile in a garbage bin.

Abdul Gene Malik, a U.S. Army veteran, posted a video to Instagram showing how he captured the alligator in his Mount Dora neighborhood.



The video shows Malik asking onlookers to tell him when the alligator's head was safely inside the trash bin he slid horizontally on the ground to ensnare the hissing gator.

Malik was able to get the alligator into the bin and flip it upright, trapping the reptile inside.

"I got kids to protect," Malik wrote in the Instagram post.

Malik said he contacted the proper authorities to come remove the gator from his garbage bin.