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'There's an Alligator in My Kitchen!'  

Posted Apr 22, 08 12:29 PM CDT in US    Most Covered

(newser) – A 69-year-old Florida woman called 911 after finding an 8-foot gator in her kitchen. The beast apparently crawled in through a porch screen door and an open sliding door, making its way through the living room and down a hall, reports the St. Petersburg Times. Authorities called a trapper, and the gator was caught without incident—except for being hurt slightly by a falling plate.

The gator "looked awfully well-fed," said the woman, adding that authorities told her they thought it "wanted to check out the cat." Regardless, she added, "I can't wait to tell my grandkids, because they probably won't believe me."

Source St. Petersburg Times

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'There's an Alligator in My Kitchen!'
A large American Alligator suns itself on a bank along a canal.   (AP Photo)
'There's an Alligator in My Kitchen!'
In this photo released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday April 22, 2008, an 8-foot long alligator is seen in the kitchen of an Oldsmar, Fla. home Monday, April 21, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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