SAN ANTONIO -- An 8-foot alligator created quite a challenge for San Antonio police when it showed up Sunday at Loop 410 on the city's South Side.

The large gator stood its ground against police when they tried to move it off the roadway with some poles.

The reptile became aggressive, hissed at the officers and even chomped down on the bumper of a police cruiser.

Police were forced to close down the Southern part of Loop 410.

"He just didn't want to move," an officer said. "He wasn't going anywhere."

The alligator didn't bite any of the officers but it did attack some traffic cones, police said.

"As far as I know there's no procedure on this other than don't get bit," an officer said.

Officers eventually managed to tie the gator's snout and drag it off into a ditch.

The gator then slithered away back to where a game warden said his home might be, Lake Mitchell.

"We'll just let nature take its course and let it ease back into the pond," State Game Warden David Chavez said. "We'll continue to monitor it. Hopefully it will get the hint and go back to the pond."