Gator wanders onto porch, bites resident

Mar 31, 2009 1 min read

EUSTIS (AP) – Authorities say a small alligator climbed through the porch door of a house north of Orlando and then bit the homeowner’s arm when it was forced out.

The 2-foot-long alligator wandered onto James Gaff’s canal-front property in Lake County on Sunday. Gaff tried to remove the gator, which then latched onto his right forearm.

Gaff’s wife pried the gator off using a broom handle and the couple threw the reptile into the water behind their home.