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Video: Large alligator seen 'knocking' at front door of Florida home
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Updated: 10:14 PM CDT May 14, 2025
A family in Fort Myers, Florida, had an unexpected visitor when a large alligator appeared on their porch Friday morning. The Lee County Sheriff's Office shared a video on Facebook showing an alligator on a porch in the Tortuga community, appearing to be trying to enter the home. Deputies were able to safely secure the alligator off the property and load it into a pickup truck. It was then turned over to a trapper, deputies said. Multiple alligator encounters have been reported in Florida recently, and some have turned deadly. Earlier last week, a woman died after being attacked by an alligator while she was on Lake Kissimmee with her husband.During a different encounter, a Florida deputy quickly sprang into action when a gator was spotted at a high school.He was able to successfully wrangle the hissing gator.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A family in Fort Myers, Florida, had an unexpected visitor when a large alligator appeared on their porch Friday morning.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office shared a video on Facebook showing an alligator on a porch in the Tortuga community, appearing to be trying to enter the home.
Deputies were able to safely secure the alligator off the property and load it into a pickup truck.
It was then turned over to a trapper, deputies said.
Multiple alligator encounters have been reported in Florida recently, and some have turned deadly.
Earlier last week, a woman died after being attacked by an alligator while she was on Lake Kissimmee with her husband.
During a different encounter, a Florida deputy quickly sprang into action when a gator was spotted at a high school.
He was able to successfully wrangle the hissing gator.
