TWRA confirms alligator sightings in West Tennessee

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — A recent sighting of a seven-foot alligator is one of several confirmed alligator sightings in Southwest Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The TWRA shared a video on their Facebook page of the seven-foot gator they say was recently spotted by a TWRA employee in the Wolf River Wildlife Management Area in Fayette County.

“Alligators are naturally migrating into Tennessee from the southern border states,” the post says. “TWRA has not stocked any alligators in Tennessee. Alligators migrating into Tennessee is just another species that we must learn to coexist with like many of the other southern states.”

WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News has a reporter on the way to Fayette County to talk to TWRA officials.

We’ll have more on West Tennessee’s newest residents on WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News at 5 and 6.