It’s not a slow news day—it’s just a wild one.

Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Florida, is the locale for this particular nugget, where Charles Helms found himself on the course with a Goliath gator.

The thing looks as intimidating as it sounds:

“I didn’t know if we were being punked or something,” Helms said, according to Laura Harris and Matt Borek of ABC Action News. “It was just laying down, resting, when it got up and started moving towards the big lake.”

No punked here.

Golf can be a dangerous sport, clearly. But in all seriousness, the summer months can make for some of the best golfing experiences out there. Just have the cameras ready.