Credit: Photo via North Port Police

Credit: Photo via North Port Police


A 7-foot alligator found its way into a Florida residents garage yesterday.

“One local resident on Hobblebrush Drive in North Port had a seven-footer trying to catch a ride this afternoon,” said the North Port Police Department in a Facebook post. 

According to police, the confused gator was safely removed from the garage and crept back into a nearby canal.

Gators finding their way into people’s homes isn’t that uncommon in Florida. Last May, a 11-foot alligator smashed its way through window into a Clearwater resident’s kitchen.  

Credit: Photo via North Port Police


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Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent...