Knock Knock… Who’s there?
One evening in Florida an alligator knocked on a man’s front door, looking for a mate.
An alligator attacked a Florida man who opened his front door at night after hearing a commotion on the porch, according to the Daytona Police Department.
According to a police press release, the incident occurred on March 4 at around 9:42 p.m. at a residence on Champions Drive in Daytona Beach.
The victim survived the terrifying attack, according to Carrie McCallister, a Daytona Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
When the victim, Scott Hollingsworth, 56, opened the door, the alligator lunged at him, bit into his upper thigh, and began violently shaking him.
Despite being overrun by the alligator, the resident managed to flee and call 911 while still inside his home. His injuries were treated by first responders and a nearby hospital.
When officers arrived and discovered the alligator still hanging out at the resident’s front door, they contacted Florida Fish and Wildlife officials, who notified state-licensed trapper Curtis Lucas to capture the nasty critter.
According to McCallister, the alligator moved from the front porch and over to a nearby trailer before the state trapper arrived.
Trapper Lucas confirmed that the alligator measured approximately 7 feet, 10 inches in length. As is customary when animals attack humans, he had to kill the reptile.
The terrifying incident happened in a neighborhood near a golf course with several ponds. Authorities believe the ponds were the alligator’s home because Hollingsworth’s family claimed they had previously seen alligators in the area.
Hollingsworth later stated that his knee was not injured, which was his primary concern after the incident.
Curtis Lucas warned that alligator mating season was approaching and that residents should expect to see them out in the open more than usual as they looked for mates.