Thursday, April 24, 2008

an unwelcome visitor...

the pitfalls of staying in gator country...yeesh! i'd be scared shitless!hypnotized

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — An Eastlake Woodlands woman made a beeline for the door when she saw what was next to her refrigerator Monday night. According to deputies, 69-year-old Sandra Frosti heard a noise coming from her kitchen. When she went to check what it was, she saw the head of a large alligator.

Frosti called 911, “There’s an alligator in my kitchen!” she explained. The emergency operator reportedly suggested it might be an Iguana. Frosti suggested otherwise and left the house.

Deputies showed up at the home a short time later and then called a trapper. Deputies believe the 8-foot 8-inch gator was after the family cat. It apparently broke through the back porch screen door, entered the home through an open sliding glass door, and then made its way in through the living room, down the hall, and into the kitchen.

The gator was slightly injured as it was being trapped, when a plate was knocked to the ground cutting the alligator.

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