look out your front door

[swamp]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Florida alligators are known to roam, but a Tampa woman never expected to find one parked on her doorstep.

Belinda Donaldson got a call from a neighbor Thursday morning warning her to stay inside because an 11-foot alligator was lounging on her front stoop. She looked out the window and there he was.

Donaldson says gators have been known to wander away from one of the many lakes in the suburban neighborhood, but she'd never seen one that big.

A trapper struggled with the creature for an hour before getting it tied up and hauling it away in a truck.

Alligators are especially mobile this time of year because they're hunting for mates.   

[jarjar]

Yikes that  is a big one. Can you imagine walking outside and having that greet you

[snowflower]

Yikes that  is a big one. Can you imagine walking outside and having that greet you

 Not quite the kind of welcome mat I had in mind, lol

[Stinkerbell]

 Not quite the kind of welcome mat I had in mind, lol

[swamp]

   i cant let gator go any where by herself 

[~Sassy~]

  i cant let gator go any where by herself 

Gator does have a real pretty smile though. 

[jarjar]

Gator does have a real pretty smile though. 

Better watch gator does not eat the cat

[swamp]

 

[gator8_24]

  i cant let gator go any where by herself 

I just saw this thread!!!!!!!!     

[swamp]

I just saw this thread!!!!!!!!     

[C~M]

Shoot, I would kill it and cook it up....gators sum good eatin'

[gator8_24]

Shoot, I would kill it and cook it up....gators sum good eatin'

Just like chicken!

[CindyLouWho]

I seen that on tv,  glad it was at her door & not mine! 

[Squid]

I'd be a goner.  He'd drag me off to the bogs because I'd faint dead away!  I'd be lunch.  lol