The wayward alligator was spotted in the ocean waters surrounding Alabama's Dauphin Island Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

But alligators don’t hibernate ... A Facebook video shared by The Swamp Park, an outdoor amusement park in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, shows more “gatorcicles” floating beneath ...

but they have shown up on Atlantic Ocean beaches. That means alligators may be found next to hiking trails, in golf course lakes, in residential lakes and in the Savannas Preserve State Park.

While alligators can only live in freshwater environments ... freshwater from Lake Okeechobee meets saltwater from the ocean, uniting gators and crocs in one remarkable area of land.