Plant City man receives early morning reptile surprise

9-foot gator found on patio in Plant City (Courtesy: Mark Pomfret)

PLANT CITY, Fla. – Knock, knock.. who’s there? A nine foot gator!

A man from Plant City received quite the surprise during the wee hours of the morning on June 1.

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Mark Pomfret called the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office and deputies responded to his home. They came face-to-face with a nine-foot alligator that he said banged on his front door at 2:30 a.m.

Deputies called a trapper to retrieve the gator, that was later found near the home’s lanai.


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