6-foot alligator wanders into Lutz garage

Related video: A nearly 500-pound gator was discovered in Temple Terrace last week.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Knock knock! One resident was shocked to discover an unwelcomed guest when a 6-foot gator wandered into her garage Tuesday night.

Carla Quintero lives in the Heritage Harbor neighborhood in Lutz.

She said after no one answered the knock on their garage door, the gator eventually got out on his own.

There have been several recent alligator sightings, not just in Florida, but across the country.

A nearly 500-pound gator was discovered in Temple Terrace at the old Coca-Cola plant. The 6-foot animal was relocated and placed on a new diet.

In South Florida, a gator was seen on a golf course, locking a turtle in its jaw . The animal was estimated to be about 14 feet long, chowing down on a roughly 50-pound turtle.

In Texas, a massive alligator was caught chomping on some fish on a beach . The man who caught the whole act on video said the gator wandered over from the nearby freshwater behind the dunes.

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