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    Woman wakes to find 11ft Alligator in her kitchen

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorJune 2, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The homeowner found the alligator in her kitchen
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    The homeowner found the alligator in her kitchen
    The homeowner found the alligator in her kitchen

    A 77-year-old woman was woken up in the middle of the night by what she thought was an intruder – but instead found an 11ft alligator in her kitchen.

    Mary Wischhusen heard a large crash at her home in Clearwater, Florida, at around 3.30am.

    “I had this beautiful face staring at me as though he belonged there,” she told Spectrum News.

    “[He was] just laying there. It’s like he made it all the way through the kitchen and he thought he was so smart.”

    She said she went back to her bedroom to call the police and played games on her computer to calm herself down while she waited for help to arrive.

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    “I was hyperventilating a little,” she said.

    Ms Wischhusen wasn’t the only one to alert the authorities.

    Moments earlier, Patricia Pecora had spotted the reptile in the street while she was delivering newspapers in the area.

    Police officers arrived at the address and waited for an alligator trapper, who safely removed the animal from the house.

    We know you've been chomping at the bit for more visuals from today's alligator trespassing in Clearwater🐊 The male alligator was 10 to 11 feet in length. During the apprehension, the alligator knocked over several bottles of wine. The red liquid in the video is wine, not blood. pic.twitter.com/x6ktib6ajl

    — Clearwater Police Department (@myclearwaterPD) May 31, 2019

    Clearwater Police released footage of the alligator thrashing around in the kitchen after it had knocked over and broken several bottles of red wine. They also released the audio of Ms Wischhusen’s phone call.

    “I have a gigantic alligator who came in through my garage and is sitting in my kitchen. A huge one,” she said.

    Asked by the call handler if it was in her house, she replied: “Yes, it’s huge!”

    “The alligator did suffer minor cuts to a shoulder but the majority of the red liquid on the floor in the photos was wine,” the police force said.

    The reptile had been spotted lurking around the neighbourhood by a woman delivering newspapers
    The reptile had been spotted lurking around the neighbourhood by a woman delivering newspapers

    “There was only one person home at the time of this incident and there were no injuries to the homeowner, trapper or officers.

    “The alligator will be taken to a private location locally to rest and recover from what the trapper described as a traumatic experience for the gator.

    “If the gator is deemed to be a good candidate for relocation, then the alligator will be taken to a private alligator farm in Fort Meade,” the force added.

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