Residents of a Texas neighborhood are hoping to

Residents of a Texas neighborhood are hoping to help an alligator spotted with a knife sticking out of it's head. The alligator was first spotted in a lake in the Orchard Lake Estates neighborhood by Erin Weaver. She quickly took a picture.

“I feel that somebody did this on purpose. I can’t imagine this animal going after somebody that they would have to defend themselves, because we’ve never had that happen before," Weaver, who has lived in the neighborhood for 6 years, told KTRK.

“Almost every morning I see them,” she said. “Never have I seen them aggressive or even defensive, if you walk by and startle them they just go under water.”

Weaver says the knife appears to be very close to the alligator's eye. “I saw him swimming and then I saw him turn, like swimming towards me, and I saw something sticking out of his head. It looked like a steak knife that was sticking out of his head. I don’t know if it was in his eye, but it looked, if it wasn’t in his eye it was very close to his eye," she told KTRK.

The Texas wildlife department is set to visit the neighborhood next week.