'There's an alligator in my kitchen'

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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An 8-foot alligator made its way into a kitchen in an Eastlake-Woodlands area home Monday night.

PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- An Oldsmar woman had an interesting, although uninvited guest in her home Monday night.

Sandra Frosti heard a noise coming from the kitchen of her home on Evelyn Court in the Eastlake-Woodlands area.

"I heard a noise from the kitchen and it was much too loud to be my cat," Frosti said. "So I went to check it out."

When she went to investigate, she found an 8-foot alligator - in her kitchen.

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"Much to my surprise a very large alligator was in my kitchen," Frosti said.

Frosti hid in the bedroom and called 911. Her call to 911 even had the dispatcher in disbelief.

Dispatcher: What's going on?

Frosti: There's an alligator in my kitchen.

Dispatcher: Are you sure it couldn't be like an Iguana?

Frosti: Oh-no, no, no, no, no.

The gator hisses as the trapper lures it out of the kitchen.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the gator pushed his way in through a screen door and managed to get in through an open sliding glass door.

The reptile then began walking around Frosti's home, maneuvering through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen.

No one was injured and a trapper hauled the gator away.

The trapper said because of its size the gator will most likely be killed. Spring time is mating season for gators and a time people usually see them in odd places, according to the trapper.

"He looked awfully well fed," Frosti said. "The police seem to think he was checking out my cat."