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. (https://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o169/gatorboy1955/lggator2.jpg)
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Yikes that is a big one. Can you imagine walking outside and having that greet you rolleyes.gif
Quote from: jarjar on April 24, 2009, 02:56:10 PM
Yikes that is a big one. Can you imagine walking outside and having that greet you rolleyes.gif
girls22.gif Not quite the kind of welcome mat I had in mind, lol
Quote from: snowflower on April 24, 2009, 03:49:00 PM
girls22.gif Not quite the kind of welcome mat I had in mind, lol
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Quote from: swamp on April 24, 2009, 04:22:57 PM
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giggle2.gif Gator does have a real pretty smile though. embrace.gif
Quote from: ~Sassy~ on April 24, 2009, 04:47:24 PM
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Better watch gator does not eat the cat giggle2.gif
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Quote from: swamp on April 24, 2009, 04:22:57 PM
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I just saw this thread!!!!!!!! (https://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/florida62/smilies3/calvin3.gif) slap1.gif slap1.gif slap1.gif
Quote from: gator8 on May 13, 2009, 06:24:05 PM
I just saw this thread!!!!!!!! (https://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/florida62/smilies3/calvin3.gif) slap1.gif slap1.gif slap1.gif
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Shoot, I would kill it and cook it up....gators sum good eatin'
Quote from: CrazyMan on May 13, 2009, 06:33:12 PM
Shoot, I would kill it and cook it up....gators sum good eatin'
Just like chicken!
I seen that on tv, glad it was at her door & not mine! no-no.gif hysterical.gif
I'd be a goner. He'd drag me off to the bogs because I'd faint dead away! I'd be lunch. lol