‘Oh s***’: Alligator goes up in smoke after chomping down a drone

Onlookers cried “oh s***” and “we gotta get out of here” after their attempt to film an alligator up close with a drone turned awry.

A horror TikTok video captured a Florida alligator going up in smoke after chomping on a drone he believed to be food.

The footage, which was taken in the Everglades, shows an alligator called George chomping on a drone, trying to eat it, and ultimately triggering the eruption of smoke.

As the drone hovered above the large reptile, someone is heard questioning whether the gator thinks the drone is food.

Seconds later, the gator caught the drone in its mouth — prompting onlookers to scream.

Someone said: “Oh my God, he’s eating it!” as another asked: “What are you doing George?”

As smoke surrounded the gator, another person is heard saying: “Don’t eat that. George, No!”

Despite their pleas, the alligator kept chomping on the unmanned aerial vehicle.

More and more smoke blew in the air, but the alligator was determined to finish its seemingly not-so-delicious meal.

“Oh, s***,” a man’s voice is heard saying. “We gotta get out of here.”

Smoke started pouring out of the alligator's mouth as he chomped on the drone. Picture: @devhlanger/TikTok

TikTok user Devhlanger, who first shared the shocking footage on the social media platform, later claimed the alligator did not appear to be harmed.

“George is doing fine and still looked hungry after,” she wrote.

“We were trying to get a close up of the gator with its mouth open and thought the obstacle avoidance would make the drone fly away … (it) was only our second time using the spark.”

Obstacle avoidance is a drone feature that makes the drone move around objects without being instructed to do so.

— The Sun