(UPI) – Reptile wranglers were summoned to a recently constructed Florida home to evict an unusual squatter: an 11-to-12-foot alligator.
Matthew Goodwin, project manager for the house under construction in the Babcock Ranch development in Punta Gorda, said a worker installing window blinds at the home discovered a massive gator lurking inside.
Goodwin said the alligator apparently entered through a laundry room door while seeking shelter from a recent cold front. “The wind closed the door and he was trapped. He went into every room and made his mark,” Goodwin told the Miami Herald.
