A viral video with millions of views has captured the true Florida man experience.
The video, which is captioned "How we handle gators in Florida!" begins with a large alligator charging at an elderly man, its gaping maw open. Without hesitation, the bold Florida man smacks the aggressive reptile in the face before dealing another blow to its snout. The last whack sent the gator scurrying away.
The footage has racked up over 3.1 million views and over 223,000 likes on Twitter as of Tuesday morning (June 21).
"They built different out in Florida man. Hitting a Gator with a cast iron skillet is nuts," Gwendalupe Estefani wrote alongside the five-second video.
According to the user, people were arguing in the comment section about whether the man used a cast-iron skillet or a different kind of pan.
"'tHatS nOt eVeN a CaSt iRoN SkiLlET' okay damn dude is hitting a gator with a whole pan lets stay focused here people!" she wrote. "Mfs the pan police out here and s*** lmao."
Besides the "skillet sheriffs" in the comments, viewers were quick with the jokes.
"Swatted him like a mosquito," one person wrote with a skull emoji.
"He’s generations deep in that house, a dragon couldn’t make him feel uncomfortable on that property," someone says.
"You can tell this a normal day for both of them," another user commented.