DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida man was bitten by an alligator that showed up at his front door Friday night, police said.
The incident happened shortly before 9:45 p.m. at a home in Daytona Beach.
"The resident opened the front door after hearing a noise, believing it was someone looking for his son," McCallister said in a news release. "The alligator lunged, and he was bitten in the upper thigh."
WOFL, the Fox affiliate in Orlando, obtained a photograph of the gator lurking by the front door.
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Police found the gator near the front entrance and called Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers.
State-certified trapper Curtis Lucas was then called to capture the 7-foot, 10-inch-long reptile, which had retreated under a trailer by the time he arrived, he told the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Lucas eventually captured and euthanized the gator.
The victim was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, which were not life-threatening, McCallister said.
