It’s not every day that an 8-foot alligator comes to visit you at your front door. Well, maybe in Florida it is.
It was not the doormat Ed Ferraro was expecting Wednesday afternoon when he walked out of his home in Odessa. He heard a rattling at the front door and assumed it was some sort of package delivery. But that was far from the truth.
Thankfully, a neighbor driving by stopped her car and was on the phone with neighborhood security guards, who ended up contacting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The area was soon cordoned off to prevent any unsuspecting joggers or dog walkers from having a face-to-face encounter.
Ferraro assumed the gator needed a place for shade to cool off. Temperatures at time were about 85 degrees. And before the trapper could even get to his home, the gator got up and moseyed back into the lake. And that was it. Florida has about 1.3 million alligators that call the state home and are found in all 67 counties. If you are ever approached by an, even a small one, you should not handle it because their bites can result in serious infection, and it’s illegal without a permit, the FWC said. Homeowners should call the Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR for a contracted nuisance alligator trapper to resolve the situation.
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