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July 22 (UPI) -- A Florida family woke up to an alert from their security camera and discovered an unexpected visitor: an 8-foot alligator at their front door.
Palm Bay resident Sierra Wynn shared video showing the alligator that dropped by for an early morning visit at her home off Malabar Road.
"I thought at one point he was gonna come through the window," Wynn told WESH-TV. "His tail was bouncing against the door and against the house. It was such a deep, guttural hiss and growl. He just looked so mean. I thought he was gonna come through the window."
Palm Bay police responded to the home alongside a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper.
"We were scared. Terrified," Wynn said. "At one point, when he was getting kind of agitated with the flashlight in his eyes, he actually looked right up at me. He started opening his mouth and growling and hissing."
The alligator was safely removed from the scene by the trapper.
Wynn said the security camera alert might have prevented a far more serious situation.
"If we didn't have the cameras and the features where we get notifications that there's an animal in the yard, who knows what would have happened," Wynn said. "If I had opened the garage to let the dog out, or if I had opened the front door, I wouldn't have known."
