[ThreePuttinDude]

LAUREL, Fl. - As the temperature cranks up, so do alligator hormones, putting the scaly creatures on the move in search of mates, as Nokomis resident Jan Keith discovered Friday morning.

Keith was getting ready to leave her house around 9:30 a.m. when a neighbor called to warn her that a big bull gator was camping out on her front porch.

It was not a huge surprise to Keith. The Calusa Lakes golf course community she has called home for 14 years is something of a gator haven, with residents sighting animals up to 12 feet in length over the years.

"We've had a few in the neighborhood like that before," she said. "We get some big ones."

Still, eight feet is nothing to take lightly, said trapper Harry Flechig.

Video link of gator at the house.

[ThreePuttinDude]

This is one of the ThreePuttinDudettes customers.
Jan, called TPDette after all of the camera crews had gone
to tell her of the adventure. TPDette is walking up that
very sidewalk every other Friday. LOL

YIKES, gators can be spooky.

[darkwing104]

That's a Common Florida Yard Dawg. They do wonders for reducing the presence of Door to door salesman, Illegal Aliens, nosy neighbors and neighborhood preachers! They have been known to put Homeowner Associations in their place..

[Pinkbell]

I think it’s sad they couldn’t relocate the alligator and killed it instead. :(

[SWAMPSNIPER]

That is one good looking gator, nice smile!

[Moonman62]

Gators are no longer endangered or threatened, but they are still protected by law as if they were.