A man in Florida has been arrested after he threw a 3 1/2 foot alligator through a drive-thru window at a local Wendy’s outlet.

The bizarre event unfolded when the man tossed an alligator into the Wendy’s after he was handed a drink he had ordered. He had been carrying the ‘gator in the bed of his pickup truck.

According to Sun Times, the incident happened in October 2015 but the man in question, Joshua James, was only arrested this week.

When detained, James was charged with aggravated assault and the unlawful possession and transportation of an alligator but according to his mother, it was nothing more than a harmless prank.

“It was just a stupid prank that he did that’s now turning into this. He’s a prankster. He does stuff like this because he thinks it’s funny. How could you not think something like that was a prank,” Linda James said.

At his first court appearance, James was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, to avoid possessing any weapons, to stay away from all Wendy’s restaurants and to avoid contact with any animals other than his mother’s dog.

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