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NewsApril 23, 2008

OLDSMAR, Fla. -- And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen. Authorities say a 69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot alligator prowling in her kitchen Monday night. Sandra Frosti said the gator must have pushed through a screen door and then went inside through an open sliding glass door at her home. It then apparently strolled through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen...

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OLDSMAR, Fla. -- And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen.

Authorities say a 69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot alligator prowling in her kitchen Monday night.

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Sandra Frosti said the gator must have pushed through a screen door and then went inside through an open sliding glass door at her home. It then apparently strolled through the living room, down a hall and into the kitchen.

A trapper with Animal Capture of Florida removed the alligator.

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