Running back into the house, her father didn't believe her until he saw the gator, Mike Trinh wrote in a Facebook post.
Trinh, the owner of nearby restaurant Mike's Seafood, told ABC News on Wednesday that he had to get his kids to school, so he threw a towel over the gator to subdue it and walk past to his car. However, when he returned from his drop-off duties, Trinh said the gator was still on his front porch. Trinh said he called Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office who then directed him to the Missouri City Police Department, who Trinh said then directed him to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which hadn't yet opened for the day."I pinned his mouth closed with a sledgehammer and got onto his back," Trinh said."I asked my daughter to get duct tape and she started taping his mouth shut. I finished taping up his mouth and then taped his legs together.
Eventually, Trinh decided to call a local game warden since he hadn't heard back from other officials. However, Trinh said the fee would have been $300 to have someone come take the gator, a price he wasn't willing to pay.