View Full Version : 8 FOOT Alligator makes itself at home in a Florida woman's kitchen


snowcreature23
04-25-2008, 03:06 AM
8foot alligator makes itself at home in a Florida woman's kitchen
Associated Press

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OLDSMAR, Fla. - And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen.

Authorities say 69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot long alligator prowling in her kitchen late Monday night.

Sandra Frosti says the gator must have pushed through the back porch screen door and then went inside through an open sliding glass door at her home in Oldsmar, just north of Tampa. It then apparently strolled through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen.

A trapper with Animal Capture of Florida removed the alligator, which was cut by a plate that was knocked to the ground during the chaos. But no one inside the house was injured.

InspectorExstead
04-26-2008, 01:51 AM
uhhh...that's FREAKY. i would pee in my pants if that happened to me. how scary.

OH Nuts!
04-26-2008, 08:38 AM
I'd be peeing in my pants too!

An 8 ft alligator is capable (and somewhat inclined) to attacking a human. Under 6 ft are juvies and less likely, Fortunately, most alligators have a fear of humans, and the shorter the alligator the more fear. Hope it wasn't an alligator that has been fed by humans, WHICH IS A VERY BAD IDEA . It causes gators to lose their fear of humans and in their brains they begin to see the person as an extension of a "meal". Gross I know but that's how they think. They are primitive and volatile creatures.

catlover79
04-26-2008, 10:35 AM
I freak out if I'm in the same room with a bee...I can only imagine what my reaction would be if I came home to see an 8-foot alligator in the kitchen!!! :eek: :faint:

MrRetro_08
04-26-2008, 11:51 AM
That doesn't happen every day :eek2:

Stormtracker TF
04-26-2008, 02:54 PM
Wow, there's one thing I'd rather not find in my kitchen. :lol:

Courtnee
04-26-2008, 03:19 PM
I saw this on the Today show, haha.

OH Nuts!
04-26-2008, 04:45 PM
Wow, there's one thing I'd rather not find in my kitchen. :lol:

Amen to that!

PlayOn
04-26-2008, 08:56 PM
I freak out if I'm in the same room with a bee...I can only imagine what my reaction would be if I came home to see an 8-foot alligator in the kitchen!!! :eek: :faint:

i get wigged if i see a spider on the other side of the room. lol.
some of my family is going to flordia in a few weeks. i hope they don't encounter this.