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12-foot alligator found in newly built Florida home ahead of open house
2022-04-01
[NYPOST] Just when you thought Florida’s housing market couldn’t get any scarier.

A worker putting the finishing touches on a new Fort Myers-area home this month discovered a gigantic 12-foot alligator loitering in the master bedroom, according to the Miami Herald.

A window blind installer spotted the reptile and hastily called professional trappers to remove it.

Video taken at the residence in Babcock Ranch — where houses fetch upwards of $1.5 million apiece — show two men straining to yank the gator out of the home with a rope.

The agitated reptile can be seen rolling over several times during the struggle before finally being removed.

Project manager Matthew Goodwin told McClatchy News that the alligator was likely looking for some indoor warmth during a stretch of cold weather and became trapped.

Goodwin said the reptile made sure to sample every nook and cranny in the home before settling on the master bedroom.

"He went into every room and his mark," Goodwin said, according to the outlet.
Posted by:Fred

#10  New ad in New York. Cracker fecit:
"Our cannibals run around nekkit
And stop to say grace
When they chew off yer face!
There's sharks, snakes, and toads,
And we share our abodes
With huge gators. We're scared that you'll wreck it!"
Posted by: Phons Poodle1910   2022-04-01 22:13  

#9  If I lived in Florida, I'd want this story spread all over New York, and five times in the city.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-01 15:03  

#8  GO GREEN !

Wired - How Body Farms and Human Composting Can Help Communities.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-01 10:48  

#7  High end disposal
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-04-01 10:43  

#6  Everybody has to be someplace.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-04-01 10:39  

#5  "Does your alligator bite?"

Only while eating.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-01 10:25  

#4  
Nice pet to have in Florida. Make a nice, shallow pool for him in the basement, feed him 1/10th of Florida over a few years, get arrested and have a movie made about you. And become Florida Man.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-04-01 10:16  

#3  "Does your alligator bite?"
Posted by: SteveS   2022-04-01 08:45  

#2  Kept the squatters out, though.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-04-01 08:32  

#1  "Where's your icebox?"
Posted by: Slaiter Panda2435   2022-04-01 01:12  

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